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THE LIFE AND WORKS OF JESUS 
ACCORDING TO ST. MARK 








The Life and Works of Jesus 
According to St. Mark 


BY 


WILLIAM D. MURRAY 


“*Go your way, and tell John what things ye have seen 
and heard ; the blind receive their sight, the lame walk, the 
lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised 
up, the poor have the good tidings preached to them.” 


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Introduction 


The primary aim of these studies is to present a sim- 
ple, vivid outline of the Life of Jesus, using St. Mark’s 
record and emphasizing His mighty works. In the study 
of the last week of the Life portions of the other gospels 
are also used. An effort has been made at the same time 
to bring out the geography of Palestine, the manners 
and customs of its people, the various classes among them 
—in short, to give the setting of the picture. The studies 
will be found also to form a study of the book of Mark, 
and for this purpose the characteristics of this gospel 
have been constantly pointed out. 

It has been thought wise, in connection with these 
studies, to suggest about twenty-five familiar Bible verses, 
which, together with their location, are to be memorized ; 


‘ and also to ask the students to learn where to find certain 


well-known parts of the Bible—z.e., the Commandments, 
the Lord’s Prayer, etc. Other verses and chapters may 
be substituted for these to suit the needs of the class. 

There has been inserted at irregular intervals a num- 
ber of written prayers, not necessarily on the subject of 
the day’s study, and not intended to form a liturgy, but 
to bring before the students the prayers of others in order 
to teach them to pray. In like manner meditations have 
been inserted on various days, designated “ Thought for 
To-day.” Through these it is hoped to guide the stu- 
dent’s thought to the teaching of the lesson for that par- 
ticular day, with the hope that he will be induced to for- 
mulate and write out thoughts about the teachings for 
the other days. As the studies are intended to be devo- 
tional as well as historical, here and there various quota- 
tions of a devotional nature will be found. 

Like the other courses in the Bible Study Cycle these 
lessons have been arranged for daily study, and the most 
good will surely come to those who adopt this plan. To 
induce and assist in daily study space has been provided 
for written answers, and students are urged to answer 


the questions in writing; and the studies are printed 
in a form and on paper which makes this work both a 
text-book and a note-book, so that, while for many rea- 
sons a note-book will be found useful, it will not be 
necessary. An outline map is also printed on which to 
trace the journeys of Jesus. The questions are based on 
the Revised Version, and some of them will be unintel- 
ligible without that version. 

Two books are recommended for use with these studies, 
and while they will be found very helpful they are not 
essential : 

1. Life of Christ, by Stalker (50 cents). 

2. The Gospel according to St. Mark, by Thomas M. 
Lindsay (75 cents). 

Besides the above Kephart’s Chart of the Life of Christ 
(75 cents), gives a bird’s-eye view of the events of the 
Public Ministry. The Twentieth Century New Testa- 
ment (50 cents) is a translation into modern English and 
often throws light on obscure passages. The Bible Study 
Manual (50 cents), published by the Bible Study Pub- 
lishing Company, Boston, Mass., contains many choice ex- 
tracts from most of the well-known writers on the Life 
of Christ. Stevens and Burton’s Harmony of the Gos- 
pels would be found helpful, and those who expect some- 
time to study Sharman’s Life of Christ ought to purchase 
this Harmony now. 

Some classes have found pictures very helpful. Blue 
print reproductions of famous paintings may be procured 
from Earl Thompson & Co., Syracuse, N. Y., at one cent 
each; the Perry Picture Company, Malden, Mass., fur- 
nish prints of the same pictures at the same price. Either 
publisher will be glad to send a catalogue. 

For a helpful list of books consult pages 41 et seq. of 
the Prospectus of Religious Work (25 cents). Any of 
these helps will be furnished by the International Com- 
mittee. 

The following is suggested as a method of procedure 
in preparing and teaching one of these studies: 


I, PREPARING: 

1. Determine the topic of the study. (Is the one 
given in the text-book well chosen?) Make 
a sentence summarization. 

2. Determine the connection of this study with 
the general development of thought and events 
preceding. (That is, make a brief review of 

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past studies.) Occasionally read the Gospel 
of Mark through at one sitting. 

3. Determine the principal questions to be asked 
upon each daily study. 

4. Determine the points in each division to be 
looked up in outside literature (a) by the 
leader or (b) by members of the class ap- 
pointed beforehand. 

5. Determine which of these divisions you will 
spend most time on in class, which next, etc. 

6. Decide upon a few general questions, if neces- 
sary, upon the whole study that do not come 
under any special division. 

7. Determine the principal religious truths and 
their bearing upon life. 

8. Determine the main purpose underlying your 
whole presentation. (That is, what is the 
dominant thought of the study?) 

9g. Memorize the verse or chapter suggested, and 
be ready to review the class on verses and 
chapters already memorized. (Leaders will 
find much help in the general suggestions to 
leaders prepared by Mr. Sharman and Pro- 
fessor White to accompany their studies in 
this cycle.) 

II. TEAcHING: 

The class hour might be used as follows: 

1. Prayer. 

2. Repeat the verses and chapters already learned. 
Let the leader repeat the verse and the class 
locate it, or vice versa. Do the same with the 
chapters. 

3. Review the last lesson. Occasionally review 
the facts already learned about the country, 
people, etc. 

4. Take up the lesson of the week as already de- 
termined upon in preparation. 

5. Compare the answers of the various members 
of the class. Occasionally the leader should 
take the students’ books and examine the writ- 
ten answers, and make such suggestions as 
may be necessary. 

6. Make at least one teaching from the lesson so 
clear that every member will carry it away 
with him. 


7. Suggest work for the next week. 
8. Prayer. 

These studies are sent forth with the prayer that those 
who are beginning to study the Bible may be led into 
more thorough study, and that the picture of the won- 
derful Man of Galilee, the Mighty Worker, may be made 
so clear and beautiful that many will be drawn to Him, 
and will go out from Him preaching everywhere, “ the 
Lord working with them,” 

WitiiAm D. Murray. 

PLAINFIELD, N. J., August, 1900. 


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The Life and Works of Jesus 


. Opening Events and Judean Ministry. 
. Preaching, Healing, Praying. 

. Travelling and Healing. 

. Popularity and Opposition. 

. Choosing His Helpers. 

. Teaching by Parables. 

. The storm at sea and insane on shore. 
: Days of Power. 

. His friends and His enemies. 

. Resting, Working, Praying. 

. Driven out of Galilee. 

. Journeys of Flight. 

. Teaching and Healing. 

. The Transfiguration. 

. The Close of the Galilean Ministry. 
. On the way to Jerusalem. 

. Teaching in Perea. 

. Close of Perean Ministry. 

. The beginning of the End. 

. Encounter with Priests and Scribes. 
. Last Teachings. 

. His last hours with the disciples. 

. Arrested, Tried, Denied. 

. Mocked and Crucified. 

. The End. 

. His Victory. 


An Outline of the Life of Jesus 


(Events in italics are not recorded by Mark.) 


I. THE BEGINNING, 


(Thirty years.) 
Birth 
Presentation and naming 
Wise men 
Flight into Egypt 
Return to Nazareth 
Childhood at Nazareth 
Visit to Jerusalem 
Luke 1 : 1-2 : 52, 
(Eighteen silent years at Nazareth.) 


II. THE PERIOD OF OBSCURITY. 


a. PREPARATION. 
(Two months, January, February, A.D. 27.) 


Ministry'of Jona... .... s< sake Mark 1: 1-8 
Baptism . .. 000.2000 4e0 00s nn -9-II 
Temptation. 2, ois.0 sjaaleoheioerae o oce seal ana 
b. JUDEAN MINISTRY.......... John 1 : 19—4: 42 
(Nine months, A.D. 27.) 
First Disciples 


First Miracle at Cana 
First Cleansing of the Temple 
Talk with Nicodemus 
(Eight months of silence, John 3 : 22.) 
Lalk with Woman of Samaria. 
(Jesus leaves Judea.) 


III. PERIOD OF POPULARITY. 


(Twenty-two months. Autumn, A.D. 27, to 
October, A.D. 29.) 
GALILEAN Ministry. Mark 1:14-9:50. 


Calls four disemples: . ss3cpepaw. ea Oe I : 14-20 
A Sabbath day in Capernaum....... oe cies 21-34 
Retirement to a desert place.............-. 35-39 
Heals:a lepet Jc cn Sie eeee ene te a) ew aie 40-45 
7 Cures a paralytic. ..<.deeenteecaee te occcet saeme 
Calls Matthew. ic kee ese o's ule eccfesenana 13-17 
Blamed for not fasting.) s.:5.-./d.cnseeen . 18-22 
Reproved for gathering corn on Sabbath....23-28 
He cures a man with a withered hand...... 3:1-6 


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Crowds surround Him.......... SEAS mE 7=—12 


— SELECTS THE TWELVE APOSTLES. ............ 13-19 
CLIO OM THE MHOUNL Bie 6 © ele Matt. 5, 6, 7 
Fleals centurton’s servant.........4 
Raises widow of Natin’s son... ..... Luke 7 : 1-50 
Is anointed in Simon’s house.....+. : 

Warns the Scribes and Pharisees...........19-30 
WMihtovnis real relations are 333692) Masada 3 31-35 
sheachesuby Parables 2s. )syesecieees Hesiee4 3 E34 
Inmtonemerstomm s/o. ke. Shire Hoare cee 
PERMA NAM hes). ale sl eiaic oe slaleiucora whe +5 31-20 
Raises the daughter of Jairus. boogooduac coo 

7 Rejected at Nazareth ..... Si che to nS ctetohe anes Ol T—6 
SEMeSGntne LD WelVe |: ws cis cee 'cieie gece aicle ToES 
johns murder... .... ppatalcioierenstaialafeieic a]a ante teed 
FEEDS MORE THAN 5,000....e.ceececeeesees30-40 
Walks on the water...... atiyelstere steioieseisleend iO 
Eats with unwashed hands........ Sieisieisio a l=23 
First journey of flight........ Saddesadeo --- 24-30 
Pena wa i ECAPONS . 6... sos were sislee eis en esl —37) 
Feeds four thousand .......... Slate epevetarstetets 8: 1-9 
ineDalmanwthanss . hock. hes ea sooeee oeeees 10-13 
Keaven Of the. Pharisees... ccicc scstecvicines F4-2E 
ees ay Olimd mane’. 3... sails sien» cfes a e200 622-26 

SPM GREAT CONFESSION... 0.2.0 55..0% 27-30 
ite foretelis: Elis death... 050... sce. 60s GI—Os E 
MRANSEFIGURATION «i. 0c0 selec sno 3253 
He cures the demoniac boy................ 14-29 
Horetells: His death again... .... <sise ocsicciware 30-32 


Teaches disciples humility and tolerance.. © 633-50 


IV. PERIOD OF OPPOSITION. 
PEREAN Ministry, Mark 10: 1-52. 
(Six months, Autumn, a.p. 29—April, A.D. 30.) 
Teaching about marriage and divorce....10: 1-12 


intitle children . i... ces. slats ratalatetera stotoretctele 13-16 
PCH MVOUMS MAN. |.) ..0' ss ogni Aelolainibiets Sob oo Ree 
LCS Fave) Ces ee araeunteteeapaRe mare et atete te 23-27 
Self-sacrifice........ afeps sicletchal edetoleietenelsiovena oicie 28-31 


The journey to the ‘feast of Dedication. . John, 10: 22 
Visits Mary and Martha at Bethany..Luke 10 : 38-42 
Flight into Perea ..scceceeeee+... John 10 : 39-42 
TROFADIES aise as 5's veccecesicne LUKe 14.5. 3—r7 220 
Visits Bethany and ratses Lazarus......++++ John 11 
Flight to Ephraim........ setieee ce PORN ET's SAN 5S 
Foretells His death again.........Mark 10: 32-34 
False Ambition....... ete aistatelaiel elelois) clateie) ciel aleS 5745) 


Heals Bartimaeus ..... a o(ejew'e oe eeeeee 46-52 
Anointed at Bethany. .......cccsscssssske pieee 


V. THE LAST WEEK. 
SUNDAY, APRIL 2, A DAY OF TRIUMPH. 


Heenters) Jerusalem =o... ee ee oe .II: I-10 
Back to Bethany at night......:..+.sseeee cen 
Monpay—A pay OF AUTHORITY. 
He curses a fruitless fig-tree.......... oo ee el 2—I4 
He cleanses the Temple.. ... ... .s. 2. see 15-18 
Back to Bethany at night........... occa hee 
TuEsDAY—A DAY OF CONFLICT. 
The withered fig-tree. .. 2. c..ccpenee vee 220-26 
His authority is challenged............ soe 2 78s 
Parable of wicked husbandman......... .I12:1-12 
Ot POI BUIES 5 inn haa eiee pate Matt. 21 and 22 
Three catching questions........ oes vie 13-34 
His Question...) saetsters coe meets A - 2+ 35-37 
Beware’ of, the. Scribes: .). ©... wok oe eee «- 38-40 
The widow's mite. . 20... 2...) s ese 41-44 
Greeks seth FIG ino vias oo oe sini John 12 
Prediction of destruction of Jerusalem and 
end of the world... 6 .ss/s0s.cse 0 sme ee 13 : 1-37 


WEDNESDAY—A DAY OF RETIREMENT. 
(No record.) 


THURSDAY—THE LAST DAY WITH HIs DISCIPLES. 


Preparation for Passover.............. 14: 12-16 
Institution of Lord’s Supper............... 17-25 
At the Mount of Olives:....../00. sss teen 26-31 
Farewell sch penaweoae aS ete John 13, 14, 15, 16 
Intercessory Prayer..... Riek phaktehoel wisle Satan -John 17 
Fripay—A DAY OF SUFFERING. 
In Gethsemane........ aismin'vins 60 av ow ne 
‘Taken: prisoner. (.. ...1 dam eed en sees 5 2505 nn 
he’ Jewish trial. ...\s\ceuae sees ac «ssc ui penn 
Peter's denials .5:22: 42 5ceeecee Ssieinee cee 66-72 
ane Roman trial. ¢2.cbee ws cecccccn cn on ky eee 
Scorned and mocked <\.f00 5. .s5 cous penne 15-20 
Grucified’; 522% eevee Bhaioee ete ble lc.e mie eis ene 21-41 
Buried 6 sce 64.020 eee «vies els ocala ete Geen 


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SATURDAY—THE DAY IN THE TOMB. 
AE Festi {NE STAVE, 65.55 oc wees ecceu secu EO23 


THE Forty Days—April 9—May 18. 
Visit of Mary and others, who find He has 


SN Te la fie vied oie cin t,o eae ere 16 : 1-8 
Appears to Mary Magdalene................ g-II 
Appears to the two on the way to Emmaus..12-13 
nee toe CRE CLOVER «5.05. )555< slater seh ewe 14 
His last commands....... Be etinnee  aaece 15-18 
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FIRST WEEK: OPENING EVENTS AND 
JUDEAN MINISTRY. 


First Day: Mark 1:1. Jesus CHRIST, THE Son oF Gon. 


It has been suggested that this verse would be a good 


title for the book of Mark. 


A writer of the second century tells us that Mark did 
not hear Jesus nor follow Him, but that he wrote what 


Peter told him. In 2 Peter 1 


:15 Peter seems to express 


his intention of writing a Gospel. In Matt. 16:16 Peter 
uses these very words. It seems particularly appropri- 
ate for Mark, therefore, to begin his Gospel with this 
great confession of Peter. See Peter’s outline of the life 


_ of Jesus in Acts 10:38-42. 


Consult the following references for information about 
Mark: Acts 12:12-25, 13 :5-13, 15:39; 1 Pet. 5:13; Col. 


AAG; 2 lim. 4711. 


What does the word gospel mean? 


What other expressions are used for gospel?_ Mark —— 


22, Acts. 13:32: 


What does the name Jesus mean? Matt. 1:21. Te) 


What does the name Christ 


mean? 


Which was His name and which His title? See use of 


the two words in Acts 17:3. 


“T have read that on one occasion of the gospel story 
a child was lifted up to see the portrait of Jesus. That 
youngest student in the art gallery had probably the view 
clearest of all. His sight was antecedent to all theory, to 
all argument. I should like to be that child. I shall try.” 


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FIRST WEEK: OPENING EVENTS AND 
JUDEAN MINISTRY. 


Seconp Day: Mark 1:2-8. Joun Baptist. 


Read also Isaiah 40:3; Mal. 3:1. 

Isaiah wrote more than 500 years before Christ. 

Kings when going on a journey sent messengers be- 
fore them to mend the roads. . When the Emperor of 
Germany visited Palestine in 1898 the roads over which 
he was to go were repaired. , 

Who was this messenger? Mark 1:3. vd 


Wilderness, v. 4. “ Rugged and dreary beyond de- 
scription; full of bare rocks, rich in hollows, full of 
sandy plains, with scarce a village or even a farm-house.” 

Locate on the map Judea, Jerusalem, Jordan. 

John’s clothing, v. 6. “A coarse kind of sackcloth, 
made out of the strongest hairs of the camel.” . was the 
dress of a prophet. See 2 Kings 1:8. ! Aw N 

Locusts were not unlike our grasshoppers ; @ were 
often used as food. 

It was customary for slaves to untie the fastenings of 
their master’s sandals. 

“Make ye ready the way of the Lord.” What one 
thing can I do toward it this year? 


Some one has said that John the Baptist was like “a 
sunken pier on which the light-house of the world might 
stand.” (John 1:23, 3:30.) 


Mark 1:2, 3. Here and in one other place are the only 
times Mark himself quotes the Old Testament. This in- 
dicates that he did not write coer for Jews. (See 
Matthew’s Gospel, 4:14, pat 12:17, 18.) 


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FIRST WEEK: OPENING EVENTS AND 
JUDEAN MINISTRY. 


Tuirp Day: Mark 1:9-11. THE Baptism. 
THE BEGINNING OF Curist’s Pustic MINISTRY. 


Notice that Mark begins with Jesus full grown. He 
seeks to present Him in the fulness of His living energy. 

Jesus came from Nazareth, v. 9. What had He been 
doing there? Luke 2:39, 40. “The hidden years at 
Nazareth.” 


It is thought that the place where Ua was baptized 
was near Jericho; locate it. 
Which John is this in verse 9? 


What did this voice from heaven say? 


What additional fact about Jesus is stated in Luke 
3:21? 


Remember the three principal divisions of Palestine, 
west of the Jordan: Judea, in the south; Samaria, in the 
centre; and Galilee, in the north. Perea was the great 
division east of the Jordan. 

Here again we have the idea of being clean before en- 
tering upon God’s service. The symbolic washing with 
water is often referred to in the Old Testament. (See 
Psi2oco Isa. 1:18; Zech. 13:1.) 

Stalker divides Christ’s life into five parts: 1. The 
Beginning, covering the thirty years of private life and 
entirely omitted by Mark. 2. The year of Obscurity, 
both because the records of it which we possess are scanty, 
and because He seems during it to have been only slowly 
emerging into public notice. It was spent, for the most 
part, in Judea. 3. The year of Popularity, spent almost 
wholly in Galilee. 4. The year of Opposition, spent partly 
in Perea, and 5. The End, which includes the events of 
the last week. Fix these divisions in your mind. 

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FIRST WEEK: OPENING EVENTS AND 
JUDEAN MINISTRY. 


FourtH Day: Mark 1:12, 13. THE TEMPTATION. 
(Read also Matt. 4:1-11.) 


As soon as God says, “ Thou art my beloved son,” the 
devil says, ““ Are you?” 

Compare this brief, vivid account with the same ac- 
count in Matt. 4:1-11. 

Picture the surroundings: wilderness, driveth him, 
with wild beasts, angels. 

What was the first temptation according to Matthew? 


What the second? t " * by] my fi he Br 


What the third? RE fe 50 Cpe? 
fA f er : 7 y . “— — 
: a UA rata 

In what way does Christ answer the tempter? ~~~ en 


Memorize Ps. I. 
At what point in Christ’s public ministry did the temp- 
tation occur? 


Was He ever tempted again? See Luke 4:13, 22:28. 


Prepared for His work, He is now tested as to His fit- 
ness to undertake it. 

TuHoucuT For To-pay: Luke 4:3. “ Spiritual evil 
always chooses a trifle, something from which it seems 
that no harm can possibly come, to win its victim to the 
first false step.” 

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FIRST WEEK: OPENING EVENTS AND 
JUDEAN MINISTRY. 


FirtH Day: JoHN 2:13-22. Hr CLEANSES THE TEMPLE. 
(THE JupEAN Mrnistry, JOHN 2:13-4:42.) 


(As these studies are designed to give Mark’s story of 
Christ’s life, the Judean ministry, which Mark omits, is 
here briefly treated merely for the sake of completeness. ) 

Immediately after the temptation, John Baptist pointed 
his disciples to Jesus, and five or six left John and be- 
came disciples of Jesus. (John 1:29-51.) 

Jesus then attended the wedding at Cana of Galilee 
(John 2:1-11) and performed His first miracle—that of 
turning water into wine. 

The Passover, v. 13. Read Ex. 12:11-13, 23, 24, and 
write out its meaning. 


What did Jesus find in the temple? 
What did He do? 
Why did He do this? 


Can you think of any temples that ought to be cleansed ? 


God’s method seems always to have been first to make 
clean. In the days of Hezekiah, when the Temple had 
all kinds of filth brought into it, the priests came and 
cleansed it. (2 Chron. 29:16.) Later, in Nehemiah’s 
time, when household goods had been stored in the tem- 
ple, Nehemiah came up and cast them out. (Neh. 13:8, 9.) 

PRAYER: My Heavenly Father, I come to Thee now, as 
I enter upon the study of these holy things, asking that 
my heart may be thoroughly cleansed, that not one im- 
pure thought may find a place in my mind, and that every 
imagination of my heart may be such that I would be will- 
ing to have it known by my friends. Amen. 

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JUDEAN MINISTRY. 


StxtH Day: JoHN 3:1-21. HE TALKS wiTH NICODE- 
MUS. 


A Pharisee, v. 1. A sect of the Jews. It was com- 
posed of those pious Jews who were especially exact about 
the interpretation and observance of the Old Testament 
ceremonial law. For another illustration, see Luke 
18 :10-12. 

Why do you suppose Nicodemus came by night? John 
3:2. See John 12:42, 43. 


What caused him to come to see Jesus? 
What did he say they knew about Jesus? 


Note that Jesus tells Nicodemus, a “ teacher of Israel,” 
that he needs a new life, not some conformity of the old; 
he needs to be born into the spiritual life as he was born 
into the natural life. 

Memorize John 3:16. Luther called this verse the Lit- 
tle Gospel. It is the best known verse in the Bible. 


“T need not leave the jostling world, 
Or wait till daily tasks are o’er, 
To fold my palms in secret prayer 
Within the close-shut door. 


“There is a viewless, cloistered room, 
As high as heaven, as fair as day, 
Where, tho’ my feet may join the throng, 
My soul can enter in and pray.” 
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JUDEAN MINISTRY. 


SEVENTH Day: JOHN 4:1-26. THROUGH SAMARIA. 


Consult the map and tell why the word “ must ” is used. 
Ws) 3, 4: 


This is the last incident in His Judean ministry. His 
work from this time on was nearly all in Galilee. Eight 
months of His life are recorded in John 3:22. 

Locate Sychar on the map. 

Sixth hour, v. 6. Noon, the warmest part of the day. 
What shows that Jesus had human needs? Vs. 6, 7, 8. 


Remember that he had disciples now. 
How would the woman know that Jesus was a Jew? 
WO. 


What did Jesus mean by verse 14? 


Where and how did Jesus say was the proper place 
to worship? Vs. 21-24. 


Who did Jesus tell this woman He was? V. 26. 


This Judean Ministry is also called the Period of Ob- 
scurity. Very few events are recorded, although the time 
covered was about nine months. It was a period of ob- 
scurity, too, because Jesus did not show himself to mul- 
titudes, but to individuals. 

Contrast John 3 and 4 with the studies to follow in the 
Galilean Ministry. 

“ At the well of Jacob He is a man—a weary, lonely, 
wayfaring man—not the benefactor but the benefited, not 
the donor but the suppliant, not the pitying but the pitied.” 

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SECOND WEEK: PREACHING, HEALING, : 
PRAYING. . 


First Day: MARK 1:14, 15. JESUS PREACHING. 


The beginning of the Galilean Ministry. In Mark’s 
Gospel this covers Mark 1 :14—9Q:50. 
The Period of Popularity. 
: We read that He came into Galilee; where had He 
een! 


Why did He leave Judea? Matt. 4:12. See John 1:11. 


“ The extreme length of Palestine, from north to south, 
is about one hundred and seventy-five miles, and the aver- 
age width of it not more than thirty-five miles.” 

What were the three principal divisions of Palestine? 


(Tell in your own words what Jesus preached. 


What was done with this John? See Mark 6:17, 18. 


Memorize Matt. 6:33. 

Prayer: Lord Jesus, as I enter upon the study of Thy 
Life, give me power to understand Thy words and life; 
help me to accept them as true, and to live as one should 
who knows that they are true; help me to seek first Thy 
Kingdom. Amen. 


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SECOND WEEK: PREACHING, HEALING, 
PRAYING. 


Seconp Day: Mark 1:16-20. HE catits His First 
DISCIPLES. 

Sea of Galilee, v. 16. A pear-shaped sheet of water, 
“12% miles long, 634 broad in its widest part. In our 
Lord’s time, the western shore of the lake was the busiest 
and most populous part of Galilee, while the eastern was, 
for the most part, a solitude.” 

Why is it called the Sea of Galilee? 

What other names are given to it? Luke 5:1; John 
21:1; Matt. 4:15. 


What four men are named here? 


How did He call them, and what were they doing? 


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Every man whom Jesus called to be an apostle thought 
he had made other arrangements for his life. 
When had He called them before? John 1:29-51. 


What does the fact that they had hired servants show 
as to their condition in life? V. 20. 


Fishers of Men, v. 17. They were fishermen, and if 
they went with Him Jesus would show them fishing that 
was worth while. Apply this to your own talents. 


Two pairs of brothers went after Him. 
Is there anything recorded here or in John 1:41 that 
you can imitate? 


In answer to His call they left their relatives and pos- 
sessions to follow Him; to spend every day in the so- 
ciety of this one man, to go about with Him entirely at 
His direction, and, as it seems, to set no time limit to 
their absence from home. Would you be willing to do it? 

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PRAYING. 
TuHirp Day: MARK 1:21, 22. IN THE SYNAGOGUE AT 
CAPERNAUM. 
Can you locate Capernaum? os 
What is it called in Matt. 9:1? bdo us b fi. 


V 
Where did Jesus spend His boyhood? Mh fT 


Why did Nazareth cease to be His home? See Luke 
4:20. ThA «4 


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We believe that Jesus set a good example; where did 
He go on the Sabbath? 


What did He do? Compare Luke 4:16, 17. 


Scribes, Mark 1:22. Also called lawyers and doctors 
of the law. They explained the Jewish law—the first 
five books of the Old Testament. 

As Jesus travelled about, was He alone? See Mark 
15:40, 41; Mark 2:15; Acts 1:21. 


What two important events stand at the very begin- 
ning of Christ’s public ministry? 


THOUGHT FOR TO-DAY: The more I contemplate this 
man, the more astonished I am, both at Him and at the 
people among whom He lived. Purity itself, able to heal 
all manner of sickness, speaking words of wonderful 
power, His own townsmen cast Him out and would have 
none of Him! 

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SECOND WEEK: PREACHING, HEALING, 
PRAYING. 


FourtH Day: Mark 1:23-28. He Cures a MAN wiITH 
AN UNCLEAN SPIRIT. 


In which year of Christ’s public ministry is this event? 


A man with an unclean spirit was very much like an 
epileptic. 
How could such a man be in the synagogue? 


Why do you suppose the man cried out when he saw 
Jesus? 


What did the man say? 


Do you suppose Jesus told him to stop because He did 
not care for the testimony of the unclean? 


How does this apply to my life? 
How did this miracle affect the bystanders? 


What effect did it have upon spreading the knowledge 
of Jesus? 


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SECOND WEEK: PREACHING, HEALING, 
PRAYING. 


FirtH Day: Mark 1:29-31. He HEALs A WoMAN. 


How many times so far has the word straightway 
been used? 


Mark uses it in all forty-one times. Notice that in the 
Revised Version it is always straightway; in the Au- 
thorized Version the same Greek word is translated by 
many English words. The same Greek word is used in 
each of the following passages: Mark 1:30; 1:29; 6:25. 

Mark usually gives the names of people, 1:29; 13:3; 
15:21. 

Why would Simon and Andrew live in the same house? 


What was Simon’s other name? How and why was 
it given? John 1:42. 


How did Jesus know that Simon’s mother-in-law was 
sick ? 
Ts it a good thing to tell Jesus of our friends’ needs? 


Notice that Jesus went to her, and took hold of her. 
He appreciated personal work. 
What did she do after being healed ? 


“ Saved to serve,” is a good motto for a Christian. 


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PRAYING. 


SrxtH Day: Mark 1:32-34. He Heats MuttitTupbeEs. 


What day of the week was this? 


The Jewish Sabbath ended at sun-down; at that time 
the Jews would feel free to carry their sick to Jesus. 


Try to picture this crowd of sick people jostling and 
pushing about the house where Jesus was. 


What did He do for these people? 


Read Luke 4:40 and state how He treated these sick 
people. 


Memorize Isaiah 55:1 and 7. 

PRAYER: Almighty God, the Lord of life and death, in 
whose hands are the issues of my life, grant that I may 
so care for this wonderful body with which Thou hast 
blessed me, may keep it so sweet and pure that it may 
indeed be a fit dwelling place for Thy Holy Spirit, and 
ve it may be such that with it I can serve Thee fully. 

men. 


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SECOND WEEK: PREACHING, HEALING, 
PRAYING. 


SEVENTH Day: Mark 1:35-38. Jesus AT PRAYER. 


“ The closet is not only the oratory, but the observatory.” 
Mark gives notes of time, 1:35; 2:1; 4:353 15:25. 
What time and place did Jesus choose for praying? 


Notice how busy He had been the day before. 
Why do you suppose He chose such a time and place? 


How was He disturbed? 


What did He tell them He came for? 


The Lord’s Prayer is recorded in Matthew 6 and Luke 
II. 


“ By all means, use sometimes to be alone, 
Salute thyself, see what thy soul doth wear, 
Dare to look in thy chest, for ’tis thine own; 
And tumble up and down what thou findest there.” 


Jesus as a man of praye 

He made prayer the fe battle- field of His life. Heb. 
5:7, Luke 22:44, John 12:27. 

He followed up the battle with prayer. Mark 1:35. 


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’ THIRD WEEK: TRAVELLING AND HEALING. 


First Day: Marx 1:39. “ THe CHurcH ce we? 


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Read also the Traveller’s Psalm. Psalm 121.) 4+... Late +1149 
Jesus spent much time journeying from place to place, tt, it Loh 
preaching and healing. This was the first of these preach- Ah ct 
ing tours. 
How did Jesus and a picads travel? See Luke 
24:17; John 4:6. Ze. 2a C fod we 
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gure 24 “eAt oR fr‘ a cana aad 
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How extensive was this jousney? Matt. 4:23. Sr 


hmm ane Nae tti~r4 Ayre G v 


—— with Nazareth, Mark 1:9, and remembering 
the time in Judea, trace on the map the journeys of Jesus 
up to this time. 

How many miracles recorded in Mark had He per- 
formed up to this time? Wr. chan. fe fend 4 Step 
Ceat pt feurck , peeatee mm iat Te 


Into what five parts does SES fives Christ’s ag te 


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“What did this supreme man do with His life? He 
went about doing good. He spent it in the service of the 
criminal, the vicious, the outcast, the vast weltering 
masses of abandoned humanity. He took His life with 
its superlative wisdom and goodness from His baptism 
to His crucifixion, and gave it in one continuous sacrifice 
in attestation of His sense of the worth of a human soul.” 


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SEconD Day: MaArK 1:40-45. Her Cures A LEPER. 


“There cometh to Him a leper.” “ Leprosy was noth- 
ing short of a living death, a corrupting of all the humors, 
a poisoning of the very springs, a dissolution, little by 
little, of the whole body.” The leper had to keep far off 
from others, and make known his disease by crying out 
“ Unclean.” 

Memorize Psalm 51:7, 10. Read the whole Psalm. It 
is called the Penitential Psalm. fu» f wh $4 

Notice the vividness of Mark’s picture: cometh, be- 
seeching, kneeling, saying. Mark gives vividness to his 
picture by using the present tense. See also 2:10. 

How many times is the word clean or unclean used? 4 


Use marginal reference on Mark 1:44 to show what 
Moses commanded. 2 +--\/ 


\ “ Compassion, the keynote of Christ’s ministry.” 
Why did Jesus ask him to say nothing about his cure? 


What does verse 45 mean? 


Notice in verse 41 the detail of Mark’s picture. See 
the same effect in Mark 1:13, 20; 3:5, 9. 


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THIRD WEEK: TRAVELLING AND HEALING. 


Tuirp Day: Mark 2:1, 2. IN CAPERNAUM AGAIN. 
“Tt was noised that He was in the house.” Two women 
missionaries in China wrote these words over the front 
door of their home. 
Tell something about what such a house as the one 
mentioned in v. I was like. 


Picture the scene: Jesus in the house and great crowds 
thronging Him. : : 
What did He do? {r¢« 


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What does “ word” mean? (2:2). AL e+ [f° 


Compare 1:32, 37, 45; 2:2, and state whether Jesus 
was popular at this time. 


THOUGHT FOR To-pAy: Jesus had plenty of friends 
when people thought He could heal their sickness and 
give them food without their working for it, and make 
their nation politically great. They turned away from 
- Him in disgust when they found that the kingdom He 
gramtsed was that heaven should rule a man’s personal 
life. 


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FourTH Day: Mark 2:3-12. THE PARALyTiIc BoRNE 
oF Four. ’ 


Write out vs. 3 and 4 in your own words. 


They uncovered the roof, v. 4. “ The roofs were made 
by laying first large beams, and then across them rude 
joists. On these were laid flat stones or slabs of tile or 
dried clay, on which was spread earth or gravel rolled 
hard with a stone roller kept on the roof for the purpose. 
The men first dug through the earth, as Mark says, and 
then pulled up the tile slabs, as Luke tells us. Luke 5:19.” 

The bed, v. 4, was like a padded quilt. 

What kept the sick man from Jesus? 


What did the action of the four men show as to their 
regard for the sick man? 


What characteristics of a Christian Endeavor Society 
or a Young Men’s Christian Association are found in 


Vv. 3? P| f Lf 
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~ kat ph. FF ft h rtA A a “4a d RL ae 


Melle 10:38 be fairly descriptive of Jesus’s life 
up to this time: “God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with 
the Holy Ghost and with power; who went about doing 
good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil; for 
God was with Him’? 


Mention four events, oT in ae Judean Ministry. 


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PraYER: O Christ, may I have faith to see that in Thee 
dwells all power. May it be my privilege to bring my 
needy friends to Thee; and may I also, Lord, be privileged 
to unite my efforts for the extension of Thy Kingdom with 
other men who have like desires. 

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THIRD WEEK: TRAVELLING AND HEALING. 


Firta Day: Mark 2:3-12. Her Cures THE PARALYTIC. 


What did Jesus first say to the sick man? 
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How did this miracle affect the Scribes? | 
Vig berafirl) Wee Alaifte—y, 


Do you think that they “ who were all amazed” in v. 
12 were different persons from the Scribes in v. 6? 


What reason did Jesus give for changing the form of 
words spoken to the sick man? 


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Yn ng, Retr te 4K frome Por? 
Memorize 1 John 1:8, 9, Io. j 
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What does it mean to glorify God? See John 17:1, ee fF 
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2:11. Rise: the one impossible thing for him to do. 
Take up thy bed: make no provision for a relapse. 
Walk: use the power you have. 


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THIRD WEEK: TRAVELLING AND HEALING. 


SrxtH Day: Mark 2:13, 14. He cALtts MATTHEW TO 
BE A DISCIPLE. 


Why did Jesus so often teach by the sea-side? 


The crowds still seek Him, 2:13. 
What other name did Paneaes Matthew 9:9. 
meta. 


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What does Matthew call himself in his own list of the 
Apostles in Matthew 10:3? Zhe lu Lhrvtannr.- 


A publican was a local tax-gatherer. Publicans were 
hated all over the Roman Empire. Theocritus says that 


the worst kind of wild beasts were “bears and lions on ,,. ¢¢~ 
” 


the mountains, publicans and pettifoggers in the cities.” » -/ 

Notice “ Publicans and aaneese in 2:15, 10,17. Matthew ge} 

has sometimes been called, “ The collector of the port of 

Capernaum.” The place of toll was the custom-house 

of Capernaum. 7, s et 
What did Jesus say to Matthew? ¥°¢* bev 


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What did Matthew do? —* 


orks tA 20 Resi te . 


Christ cured the leper and called the hated publican to 
be an apostle. What do I need to have Him do for me? 


pushing ahah 


Heaven’s revelations nearly always come to men when 
artes engaged in their daily work. It was so with Moses, Gid- 


pha my , Elisha, Cary, and many others. The disciples were 
it _called while eshind or sitting at the place of toll. 
; Py "Oey 20 
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THIRD WEEK: TRAVELLING AND HEALING. 


SEVENTH Day: Mark 2:15-17. MATTHEW’s FEAST. 


Luke says that Matthew gave this great feast for Jesus 
to a great multitude in his own house. (Luke 5:29.) 

What would this show as to Matthew’s financial condi- 
tion, and as to what he gave up in order to become a dis- 
ciple? 


What does v. 17 tell about Christ’s mission_in the, ___ 
world? a mi xe Re awl fb darters ead oR Ze AL fae re ee ae <<... ’ 
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Jesus attended this feast: what does this show as to 
His attitude toward such things? 


Jesus’s answer to the Pharisee’s question is, “ I frequent 
the haunts of sinners, because I am a physician and they 
are sick.” 


THOUGHT FoR To-DAy: The ministry of Jesus was a 
ministry of human friendliness. He could enjoy the fes- 
tivities of a wedding (John 2:1). He did not feel that 
anything in His religion prevented Him from being a 
guest at a dinner given in His honor (Luke 5:29). 
Though they accused Him of unholy associations, He 
continued to eat with publicans and sinners. (Luke ea 
15 I, 2.) an. PP ees 2?rt_ BAY. Po oy + ‘ ng me et i Lk 


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FOURTH WEEK: POPULARITY AND 
OPPOSITION. 


First Day: Marx 2:18-20. DiscipLes BLAMED FOR 
Not FASTING. 


Sons of the bride-chamber. V. 19. Guests, who ac- 
companied the bridegroom to the house of the bride, usu- 
ally the most intimate friends of the bridegroom. John 
rag called himself the friend of the bridegroom. John 


3:2 
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use it? Zk Che naa. paw) awe Lia 
Br ch Gee ad. Ze diner tas. tr£Q"r£ “grain ars 
778) bs .co~ £ = seams aL ” 
: Taken away, v. 20. The word implies a violent death. 
He always had the thought of His coming death before 
Him. ‘ " 6 wi ICL 
What were the Pharisees, x.16? A+ 


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What was their attitude toward Jesus? ; 
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Notice the use of the word pene verse. Of what 
was it a sign? ae 

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Is it true in your life that the only real ‘sorrow for a 


Christian is separation from Christ? 


What two important events a referred to stand at 
. the eee of Christ’ s ED ae 
Xe u “a talkie 


Rapier & 


The public ministry of Christ covered a period of about 
three years. Most of His ministry was spent in three 
definite sections of Palestine. What is each of these three 
years ip from the rane in which the time was spent? 


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FOURTH WEEK: POPULARITY AND 
OPPOSITION. 


Seconp Day: Mark 2:21, 22. New WINE IN OLD 


Borttes. 


Wine-skins, v. 22. These were the bottles of that time 
and country. They were made of the skin of the goat. 
The figure here is that the piece of new cloth sewed 
on, when wet, would shrink, and in shrinking would tear 
the old cloth; the new wine, put in the old wine-skins, in 


fermenting, would burst the weak skins. 


“For flying it is not an improved caterpillar that is 
needed, it is a butterfly; it is not a caterpillar of finer 
color or more rapid movement, or larger proportions, it 


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is a new creature.” Gal. 6:15. ew C1 Can 
Jesus was careful to use very aie comparisons 


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Who came as one preparing the way for Jesus? (“~*~ 


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How old was aye when He began His public min- 
istry ? Luke B23. yar At” 203 “an .-e | GFX, 


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Prayer: My Lord, I come confessing that too often I 
have tried by patching to make the old garment appear 
new. I beseech Thee to help me to understand that I can- 
not be partly honest and partly dishonest; that I cannot 
be partly pure and partly impure. May I see clearly that 
I should be completely what Thou wouldest have me to 


be. Amen. 
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FOURTH WEEK: POPULARITY AND 
OPPOSITION. 


Tuirp Day: MARK 2:23-28. AccuSED OF BREAKING 
THE SABBATH. 


Through the corn-fields, v. 23. “The roads were nar- 
row foot-paths and the travellers had all the appearance 
of wading through the corn.” 

As soon as the disciples began to pluck the ears, the 
Pharisees spoke to Jesus. What would this imply as to 
the attitude of the Pharisees to Jesus? 


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L—attit 2 Corn, v. 23. This was very similar to our wheat. 
Pees baer To pluck ears was to reap, and to rub ears in the hand 
Age wv __-~, was to thresh, and these actions were forbidden on the 
oe Sabbath. See marginal reference for explanation. What 
great principle did Sie announce as governing in such 
matters ? /N RMeAA gov 
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What did He mean by verse 28? 


“His doctrine was this: the Sabbath was meant to be 
a boon to man, not a burden; it was not a day taken from 
man in an exacting spirit, but a day given by God in 
mercy to man—God’s holiday to His subjects.” 


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FOURTH WEEK: POPULARITY AND 
OPPOSITION. 
FourtH Day: Reap CHAPTER I. 
At what point in Christ’s life does Mark begin his 


Gospel? 4 if se oe pA af ge ere, ae 


How old was Jesus at that time? 


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FOURTH WEEK: POPULARITY AND 
OPPOSITION. 


FirtH Day: READ CHAPTER 2. 


During the time of the events recorded in this chapter 
where was Jesus working? 


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Which period of His eres was this? Obscurity or 
Popularity ? 2p ofr - 


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Mention anything showing that many sought josey at 
this time. ~ 


Mention anything showing that opposes had been 


aroused. Phacca LL. a AL. ‘Lt Ca Be les wes 


Aa tho PE 
tut k 9 ~ < - a v fo~ aoe Seth eamey il le ele Anne, 5 
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Write out the things Jesus did, as recorded in Chap. 2. 


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“ Strong Son of God, immortal Love, 
Whom we, that have not seen Thy face, 
By faith and faith alone embrace, 
Believing where we cannot prove; 


“Thou seemest human and divine, 
The highest, holiest manhood, Thou: 
Our wills are ours, we know not how; 
Our wills are ours, to make them Thine.” 


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OPPOSITION. 
StxtH Day: Marx 3:1-6. He Cures A MAN WITH A ae 
WiIrHERED HAnp. + Caee 


aleled 4-—~ 79 28- 
Notice the attitude of the persons referred to in v. 2. “ 2 E 
What answer would you give to His question inv. 4? Z Ae geo - Sa isd 


Why did they not answer? /O cw ge i€ Lhe fess 
oo ee a FEL +t P40 £0 Cantratk ce ¥ ete Se Kt Ano 
Notice the anger and grief of Jesus and their silence. 
Herodians, v.6. They were the political sympathizers 
with the family of Herod and were the natural enemies 
of the Pharisees. 
What does their joining with the Pharisees now indi- ,» , 
cate as to their feeling toward Jesus? 2 J1dc fc fl Aor: 


What did Jesus do, ae agi ad their attitude? , 


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heeled rhe aeclheud Lad 


How would you describe the trait in Jesus’s character 
shown by His action here? : ae Pert he 
fe 2% > Cet baa 44 -<ti nw eS ee 


What are we told was Jesus’s feeling toward the Phari- 
sees? Yeefeied with acgtr , Ger 1g Z-WALeER . 
One who can be grieved and angered can sympathize 
with me. 
Mark is fond of using double terms, as in v. 5, “ with 
anger, being grieved;” 1:45, “publish and spread 
abroad ; ” 5 :3, “ bind him, no, not with a chain.” 
“ The aim of Christianity is to have the deformed trans- 


formed.” 
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FOURTH WEEK: POPULARITY AND 
OPPOSITION. 


SEVENTH Day: MArK 3:7-12. GREAT POPULARITY. 


Jesus is still in Capernaum. 
Locate these places on the map. 


Jerusalem was eight miles from Capernaum. Estimate 
the distances of the other places. What do these facts 


indicate as to the ee of the people? F 
be Ls Kee Ain > 


Cbrur2e a de 
Note the use of “a great multitude” twice. 


As showing His popularity at this time, compare vs. 
____ 1:28, 35-37; 453 221-4, 153; 3:10, 11, 20; 5:31 a 


, a 8:2. y, a 
fae Agung atsed , Pir LEE ne Pe 
YX Ao te y=) . Ch -t- nk rt AL, Anno — 
Nears fp pee we oS Anennrertre At : tmth We 
ss 2... & eae eee 


Przcecs » fon ‘2: 
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What Opimcas did the sick have of Jesus? V. Io. 


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FIFTH WEEK. CHOOSING HIS HELPERS. 


First Day: Marx 3:13-19. He Cuooses TWELve 
APOSTLES. 


This is one of the most important events in the life of 
Jesus. 

“ Because Pharisaic hatred was becoming so threaten- 
ing and popular enthusiasm was opening opportunities 
which He singly could not utilize, He felt His need both 
of companions and mess s.” “ He appointed twelve 
that they might be with him and that he might send 
them forth.’ v. 14. 

Boanerges, which is sons of thunder, v. 17. What does 


this interpretation of _Boanerges indicate as to the_ 


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Thou not give me the joy of being with Thee, and 
then when I have been taught by Thee, wilt Thou not 
send me forth to carry Thy message, and, like Thee, 
to bind up the broken hearted? Amen, 


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Seconp Day: Mark 3:13-19. THE TWELVE APOSTLES. 


The list of apostles is given four times. Matthew 1o0:1—- 
4, Mark 3:16, Luke 6:14, Acts 1:63. 1 -.0-= 
Notice the name always first-and the one always last. 
As far as you know what kind of men were they? 
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All but Judas were Ganiaae. 
It has been conjectured that half of the apostles were 
relations of Jesus, and that many were near relations of 
each other. 
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v Y / Read Matt 26:35, 70; 26: 15; John 12:22; 20:24, 25; 
1:46, and try to form some idea of the kind of men Jesus 
chose. 


Which three were His most intimate companions? 
_ Mark 9:2, 14:33. gannto- y- Veh 


“ These fishermen of Galilee were originally united not 
by a creed, but by an ideal—a standard of imitation. What 
they subscribed to was not an assent to certain doctrines ; 
it was a promise of certain actions. They began and they 
ended with faith; but the beginning of their faith was 
not the signing of a confession; it was the expression of 
a desire to follow Jesus.” 

Have you not begun to see in Jesus one whom it would 
be safe for you to follow? 


“ Lord, speak to me, that I may speak 
In living echoes of Thy tone; 
As Thou hast sought, so let me seek 
Thy erring children, lost and lone.” 


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FIFTH WEEK. CHOOSING HIS HELPERS. 


Tuirp Day: Matt. 5:1-12. THE SERMON ON THE 
Mount. 


Having chosen His apostles, Jesus delivered to them an 
inaugural charge recorded in Matt. 5, 6, 7, describing the 
kind of people who should be in His kingdom, their char- 
acter, privileges, and responsibilities, together with certain 
rules to govern their actions. Among them was included 


what we now call the Golden Rule, Matt. 7:12. Learn: 


this verse. Remember that the Sermon on the Mount is 
recorded in Matt. 5, 6, 7. Its key-note is “ Self-forget- 
fulness.” The Beatitudes are recorded in Matt. 5. 

Read vs. 1 to 12 and write down the kind of people 
that are blessed or happy. 


Do you believe that Jesus knew best who were happy? 


What effect did the address have on those who heard 


it? Matt. 7:28,29. 0 7 ex € aatprahep 


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Having finished His sermon He and His disciples made 
another tour through Galilee, preaching, teaching, and 
healing. 

THoucHT For To-pay: “ A boy in front of a good din- 
ner has happiness of one kind. It is about the same 
grade of happiness that a dog has to whom you have just 
given a bone. So a boy with a good warm coat on, who 
is out in the storm, has a happiness somewhat like that 
of a cat lying in front of a warm fire. But is there no 
happiness higher than this? Surely. The boy who has 
mastered a difficult lesson, so that he feels he can pass 
a good examination, has a happiness far higher in grade 
than he who has only eaten a good dinner.” 

What kind of happiness have you been seeking this last 
week? 

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FourtH Day: MARK 3:19-21. Wuat His FRIEnps 
THouGHT oF Him. 


“‘ Tf the Master were beaten out of the world to-morrow, 
there are some Christian people who wouldn’t lose a cent.” 

“ He cometh into a house,’ might read “ He cometh 
home.” It was His custom to escape the crowd by retir- 
ing to some home, 7:17, 28. Would He seek yours for 
this purpose? 


Compare v. 20 with 6:31 and try to picture His sur- 
roundings at this time. 
Who is meant by “ his friends? ” 


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Read John 14:24 and say whether by this test you would 
be classed among His friends. 


What does “ lay hold on him” mean? 


“ He is beside himself,” means the same as “ insane.” 
What does “it” in v. 21 mean? 


What made them think He was insane? 


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FIFTH WEEK. CHOOSING HIS HELPERS. 


Firta Day: Marx 3:22-30. AccusED oF BEING HELPED 
BY SATAN. 


Beelzebub, v. 22. This was the title of a heathen deity 
to whom the Jews ascribed the sovereignty of evil spirits. 

How far and in what direction was Jerusalem from 
Capernaum ? 


What does the fact that the Scribes had come all that 
way show as to their feeling toward Jesus? 


Compare v. 30 and state MSE accusation poy, oe 
against Him in v. 22. 7 
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V. 23-27, “I can’t use the power of Satan, for a 
kingdom divided against itself must fall. You don’t ac- 
cuse your sons of being in league with the devil because 
they do such things! If I do this by God’s help, then 
the kingdom of God is here where I am. How could I 
enter Satan’s kingdom unless I was stronger than he?” 


Tell in your own words what these Pharisees thought 
of Him? 


What does Jesus teach us in v. 27 about the way we 
should resist Satan? 


Notice that Jesus was willing to meet them. They 
spoke insinuatingly to the people; He boldly “ called them 
unto him,” v. 23. He never feared them. 

“ By the prince of the devils he casteth out the devils,” 


v.22. “It wasa lame theory, as Jesus showed; but it was" 


at least conclusive that devils were cast out and in great 
numbers.” 


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FIFTH WEEK. CHOOSING HIS HELPERS. 


Sixt Day: MARK 3:31-35. THE REAL RELATIONS OF 
Jesus. 


Who was Jesus’s mother? 
Who was her husband? 


Jesus had brothers and sisters. Mark 6:3. It is sup- 
posed that Joseph died when Jesus was a child, and He 
was left to be the head of the family. 


In v. 21 His friends seek to restrain Him; then His 
enemies accuse Him; now His relations come. See John 
7:5, and state Pisin the a pas tyde of Lis So was. 

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“Ye are my friends if ye do whatever I command you.” 
John 14:21. 

Obedience is the great test. See how much depends 
upon it, John 15:10; 1 John 3:22; 1 John 2:3-4. God 
helps those who obey. John 7: 17. Memorize thi verse. 


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SEVENTH Day: Mark 3:1-35. 


In this chapter what is the attitude of the Pharisees 
toward Him? 


Give any reason you can think of for this attitude. 
What was the attitude of His friends and relations? 


During this time and notwithstanding this feeling, what 
does Jesus do? Vs. 5, 7, 10, 14. 


Are you ever discouraged because you have not been 
appreciated ? 


Notice His movements, vs. I, 71 319. — Xo 

Note the omission by Mark of the great discourse. 

Note the crowds, vs. 7, 8, 9, 10, 20, 32. 

An advance step in organization is described in vs. 
13, 14. What was it? th 


Mark is fond of recording groups of miracles. See 
I 332-34; 1:39; 3:10. 

TuHoucutT For To-pay: In Jesus Christ I see one who 
knows how to teach and who knows what I need to learn. 
“Tn him are all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.” 
O! that I might realize this to-day, for I am seeking wis- 
dom and knowledge and come to Him with the prayer of 
the Psalmist, “Show me Thy ways, O! Lord; teach me 
Thy paths.” 


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SIXTH WEEK. TEACHING BY PARABLES. 


First Day: Mark 4:1-9. THE DIFFERENT KINDS OF 
Sor. 


Picture the scene in v. 1; the sea-shore, the boat, the 
crowd. 

Parable, v. 2. An earthly story with a heavenly mean- 
ing. 

How does a parable differ from a fable? 


This is a method of teaching Jesus has not used hitherto. 

As He sat there by the sea-shore, Jesus may have 
pointed to a man actually sowing seed. 

Jesus mentions four kinds of soil: 

V. 4. Way-side—beaten path. 

V. 5. Rocky—thin soil over underlying rock. 

V. 7. Thorns—occupied by other growths. 

V. 8. Good ground. 

What happened ro the seed in each case? 

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While you were reading the above passage which kind 
of soil would represent the condition of your heart? 


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Seconp Day: Mark 4:1-9. THE DIFFERENT KINDS OF 
Sort (Continued). 


Write out vs. 3 to 8 in your own words. 


This parable is a sort of review of His ministry up to 
this time. His words had fallen upon all sorts of soil. In 
what we have studied can you remember illustrations of 
this? 


Notice the words used to describe the contact of the 
seed with the soil in each case: 

V. 4. Some fell by the wayside. 

V. 5. Fell on rocky ground. 

V.7. Fell among the thorns. 

V. 8. Fell into the good ground. 

“Thy word have I hid in my heart.” Can you remem- 
ber occasions in your own life when God’ s “ee fell thus 


into your heart? We wet Lec eH J Les 


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THOUGHT FoR To-pay: Who hath ears to hear let him 
hear, v. 9. The teachers of the time used this phrase to 
call their scholars’ attention to something especially im- 
portant. O! may I hear the words of the great teacher 
as He asks me to listen to Him, and, listening, may I 
heed the gentle warnings that fall from His lips; and 
in these lessons day by day may I take imto my heart the 
words He speaks to His disciples. 


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TuirpD Day: Marx 4:10-20. THE PARABLE EXPLAINED. 


Mark here, contrary to his custom, records at length 
the words of Jesus. It must have been because of their 
importance. 

In the explanation of the parable which Jesus gives, 
He compares the different soils to hearers of God’s word. 
(Luke 8:12.) 

Explain in your own words the kinds of hearers in- 


tended by the following: y ‘ ' 
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Among thorns, vs. 18, 19. See v. 7. /2.AAeuth — 

Good ground, v. 20. See v. 8. @&& jatfe Af 


Which class of hearers would you say you are usually 
in? 

What characteristics of seed make it a good symbol of 
God’s word? 

Do you hear the word, accept it, bear fruit? V. 20. 
Are these lessons seed ? 

Vs. 11, 12. As His enemies grow stronger Jesus veils 
the truth in parables, so that those who wanted to learn it 
could. ‘‘ He sifts and winnows his audience.” It was 
like the pillar of fire: useful to the Israelites, but a hinder- 
ance to the Egyptians. 

The lesson of this parable is of universal application. 
It is true of my study of any subject. If my mind is 
beaten hard by thoughts of games, or, if, instead of taking 
the subject I study deep down into my heart, I merely 
cram it, or if my mind is saturated with trashy stories, 
and literature worse than useless, there will be no fruit 
in after years—my school days will be wasted. May I 
receive my daily instruction “in an honest and good 
heart,” “ hold it fast and bring forth fruit with patience.” 


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FourtH Day: Mark 4:21-25. WARNINGS. 


Jesus again uses the Saige “Tf any man hath ears 
to hear let him hear.” V. 2 

Lamp, v. 21. Shaped like a small plate or saucer with 
edge turned up at one side to hold the wick, containing a 
spoonful of oil. 

Bed, v.21. This is not the same Greek word as in 2:11. 
Here the word means couch; a lamp could not be put 
under the ordinary bed or mat. 

Bushel, y. 21. Found in every vee EES it Spee. 
about a peck. 


See how much clearer v. 2vis in in ihe Red Version ak 


than in the Authorized Version. 
In Matt. 5:13, 14 what did Jesus call His sir 
ees ay bt of Me .nevks 
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The thought i in Mark 4:21 is 5 that they, having the light, 
were bound to let it shine. ‘“ If we do not use, we lose.” 
Can you remember some time when your light was shin- 


ing? 


Compare v. 25 with Luke 8:18 and tell what Jesus 
meant ? 


“ Take heed what ye hear,’ v. 24. Do the things which 
I heard to-day and yesterday and last week make my 
heart like the wayside soil? 


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SIXTH WEEK. TEACHING BY PARABLES. 


FirtH Day: Mark 4:26-29. THE BLADE, THE Ear, 
AND THE FULL Corn. 


Jesus had selected His apostles and had given them 
their instructions. This and the next parable were spoken 
to them by way of encouragement. This one seems to 
have been intended to teach them humility, dependence, 
faith, and patience. 

What three stages of growth does Jesus mention? 


Are you ever impatient with your slow progress in the 
Christian life? 


What does He say is the attitude of the farmer after 
sowing the seed? 


Are you satisfied to leave the result of your Christian 
work with God? 


No one expects a seed to become a great tree as soon 
as planted: it takes time to become a mature Christian. 


Begin the day with God, 
He is thy Sun and Day; 

He is the radiance of thy dawn, 
To Him address thy lay. 


Take thy first meal with God, 
He is thy heavenly Food; 

Feed with and on Him, He with thee 
Will feast in brotherhood. 


Thy first transaction be 
With God Himself above; 

So shall thy business prosper well, 
And all the day be love. 


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SIXTH WEEK. TEACHING BY PARABLES. 


StxtH Day: Mark 4:30-32. THE PARABLE OF THE 
Mustarp SEED. 


Read also Matt. 13:33. 

Notice Mark’s graphic touches—“ less than all seeds 
that are upon the earth,” “ greater than all herbs,” “ put- 
teth out great branches.” 

Mustard seed, v. 31. “As small as a grain of mustard 
seed ” was a proverb of the time. Matt. 17:20. 

Don’t be discouraged if in the beginning your faith 
seems to be small. 

From what you know of God’s kingdom in the world 
tell how the mustard seed is an appropriate symbol of 
its beginning in numbers, in character of adherents, in the 
place of its origin. a 


What lesson is there here for us as to our spiritual life? 


Prayer: “O Lord, our Heavenly Father, almighty and 
everlasting God, who hast safely brought us to the be- 
ginning of this day, defend us in the same with Thy 
mighty power; and grant that this day we fall into no 
sin, neither run into any kind of danger; but that all 
our doings, being ordered by Thy governance, may be 
righteous in Thy sight; through Jesus Christ our Lord. 
Amen.” 


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SIXTH WEEK. TEACHING BY PARABLES. 


SEVENTH Day: MarK 4:33, 34. JESUS’Ss METHOD OF 
TEACHING. 


Read also John 16:12-15. 

Jesus showed His wisdom by leading His hearers from 
material things to spiritual. He has now used as illustra- 
tions in His talks: seed, various kinds of soil, the well- 
known gradual growth of plants, a lamp, a couch, and a 
measure. The great rule in teaching was followed by 
Him, “From the known tothe unknown,” 

——~What lessons in God’s goodness can we learn from the 
things about us? 


He suited His teachings to His hearers’ ability, v. 33. 
“The main object of the parable was to wake their 


oe wonder . . . not to conceal, it was to reveal that there 
eer “F-- — -was something hid.” 
Lord o" \ _ “ To His own disciples He expounded all things.” See 
sotcat 4 | Ps. 25:14, and ask yourself: Is my life such that God 
4 %¢ «<ll A*4e~ould choose me as one to whom to tell His secrets? 
Aa Ce Mee 


“ Speak to me by name, O Master, 
Let me know it is for me, 
Speak, that I may follow faster, 
With a step more firm and free, 
Where the shepherd leads his flock 
In the shadows of the rock.” 


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SEVENTH WEEK. THE STORM AT SEA AND 
INSANE ON SHORE. 
First Day: Marx 4:35-41. INTO THE STORM. 


Mark is careful to note the time. ‘‘ When even was 
Comer vires) Pore also! 0-35) 2:1 3) 6225/1 sri 


Unto the other side, v. 35. Other side of what? Sa. ~@, 


The cushion of v. 38 was a leather seat used by the 
steersman. 
Why do you suppose He wanted to cross the sea? 


What does “ even as he was” in v. 36 mean? 


What does the fact that He was, geleep show as to His 
humanity? -ygfecw ALA 


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What was Jesus’s attitude during the storm? Cake~— 


Why was it that He could be so? —Atrrenr Ala 
What was that of His disciples? 7“ $ ror 


THOUGHT For To-Day: Many rich experiences come 
to us in our daily life. These men were fishermen, ac- 
customed to the sea; they were as familiar with this 
crossing as with crossing the street. Before being sent 
forth, however, they must learn their own helplessness 
and learn it on their own element, where they thought 
they were strongest. How often we boast of our own 
strength! 

“As a mother stills her child, 
Thou canst hush this ocean wild; 
Boisterous waves obey Thy will 
When Thou sayest to them, ‘ Be still.’ 
Wonderous sovereign of the sea, 
Jesus, Saviour, pilot me.” 


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SEVENTH WEEK. THE STORM AT SEA AND 
INSANE ON SHORE. 


Seconp Day: Marx 4:35-41. Into THE Storm (Con- 
tinued). 


Read the account and write down the details given by 
Mark. 


.* ,. Headdressed the ae! and sea as if He were Se 1as- 
ter, v. 39. allel atoms’ > 4 dothoe 


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What did He say to His disciples? e 
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Remenibel they had already seen many miracles. 
What effect did the whole event, have on the disciples? 
v.41. Zhex fee ee Dv aces Fee : 


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Notice that they were astonished not so much because 
He was able to still the storm, but pha He pop ; with suc 
evidence of authority. 7% »<-4« 

Compare v. 39 with Psalm {06 . ‘1 “Te vena the 
Red Sea also and it was dried up.” Surely we have here 
the same God who centuries before led the children of 
Israel out of Egypt by his mighty power. But notice 
that Jesus manifested the power in gentleness and love. 

THoucuHT FoR To-pay: “ Jesus of Nazareth is some- 
thing more than the Christ of history—a blessed memory ; 
or the Christ of prophecy—a sublime hope; He is the 
Christ of to-day, and of every day, a living reality in our 
lives, a very present help in time of need. Faith lays hold 
upon Him as one who is ever with us in the Church, in 
the household, and in the world. He is the close com- 
panion of our daily lives. We walk the hard hillroads 
of life with burning hearts because He bears us com- 
pany. We pass through valleys or death shades with 
fearless step led by His invisible hand. In the glory of 
His presence toil and pain are transfigured.” 


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SEVENTH WEEK. THE STORM AT SEA AND 
INSANE ON SHORE. 


Tuirp Day: Mark 3:19-4:34. ONE Day IN Jesus’s 
LIFE. 


“They take Him with them even as He was,” v. 36. 
“T take this to mean that He was not in a condition for 
physical exertion, for rendering nautical help. One of 
His human hours was upon Him; He was weary with 
the burden of the day. Almost immediately after start- 
ing, nature asserts itself and He slept.” 


Try to realize what a day this had been. y vis 
The swarming crowds, 3:20, 32; 4:1. pe hl: Fal tg 
The wrong ideas entertained about Him, €:21, 22a) ; 
His wearisome defences, 3,23. %sZa» Dent fe Cee 
His preaching, 4 :2-33. 
His personal interviews, 4:10, 34. 9. GPttatHtm | 
The misunderstanding disciples, 4:40. ewe wp posh 
He suggests that they leave the crowd, 4:35- 


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Truly this was the mighty worker. 


Prayer: “Glorify Thy Holy name, O God, through 
us in a fruit-bearing day. Help us to abide in Christ that 
we may share His life and do His work. If the channels 
of our thought and our desire are choked with sin, purge 
us that we may bring forth more fruit. In morning hours 
of toil, in noontime rest, in the works that draw to an 
end with the sun setting, and in our evening thoughts 
or cares abide Thou with us and make our hearts glad in 
Thee. The night’s rest and the new strength the morn- 
ing brings for soul and body are from Thee, and Thine 
shall be our praise in every gain and effort, in every joy 
and grief, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.” 


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SEVENTH WEEK. THE STORM AT SEA AND 
INSANE ON SHORE. 


FourtH Day: Mark 5:1-5. He Meets AN INSANE 
MAN. 


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Why had they crossed the sea? 


The Country of the Gerasenes, v. 1. In the district 
called Gaulonitis on the eastern side of the lake. See 
—_ys. 11 and 13 for further details of the place. See map. 
Describe, in your own words, the condition of the man 


mentioned in v. 2 as given in vs. 2-5. See also a 8:28 


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What does the word “ tame,” v. 4, show as to the man’s 
condition? 


Out of the Tombs, v. 2. “These tombs were either 
natural caves or recesses hewn by art out of the rock. 
Such places were regarded as unclean because of the 
dead men’s bones which were there. Such tombs can still 
be traced in more than one of the varines on the eastern 
side of the lake.” 

“ Amid all the boasted civilization of antiquity, there 
existed no hospitals, no penitentiaries, no asylums; and 
unfortunates of this class, being too dangerous and des- 
perate for human intercourse, would only be driven forth 
from among their fellow-men, and restrained from mis- 
chief by measures at once inadequate and cruel.” 


Try to imagine what the world would be without Chris- 
tianity. 


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INSANE ON SHORE. 


FirtH Day: Mark 5:6-14. THE INSANE MAN. 


f. f (f. 
What did the man do when he saw Jesus? fav. 7 7 haf ee 
Why do you suppose Jesus asked the man’s name? 
What did the answer “ My name is Legion” mean? 


What request was made in v. Io? See also Luke 8:31. 
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Swine feeding, v. 11. Although the Jews did not eat 
pork, the Romans did, and these pigs may have been 
kept to supply the Roman soldiers stationed in the coun- 
try. 

Why Jesus permitted the evil spirits to enter the swine 

we do not know. Some part of the reason may be found 

in the fact that if the owners were Jews the trade was 

illegal; if heathen, they insulted the national religion. 

In any event the destruction of the 2,000 swine was a 

striking proof of the power which Jesus must have pos- 

sessed and of the terrible power from which He had been 

able to deliver the man. ees a 
What happened to the keepers? 74e4 are 4440 AT, 


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How did the news affect the inhabitants? “*°¢..7 “© ~ -—“*“ 


Are men possessed of evil spirits now? 


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SEVENTH WEEK. THE STORM AT SEA AND 
INSANE ON SHORE. 


StxtH Day: Mark 5:15-20. THE EFFECT OF THE 
MIRACLE, 





What effect did the miracle have on the people? Vs. 


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On the man? Vs. 15, 18, 20?/ 
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Try to picture the scene of:v. 16: the few who wit- 
nessed the event telling the crowd about it. 


Why did they want Jesus to leave their country? 


Can you think of any business to-day where the pro- 
prietors would not care to have Jesus? 


Why would not Jesus let the man go with Him? 


Have you ever felt uncomfortable in the presence of a 
man of evident spiritual power? 


Mention what the man gave up and what he received. 
What did the man want to do? 7 @r « uth Bead ‘ 


What did he have to do? “e he meat 
Locate Decapolis, v. 20. 


THOUGHT For To-pay: “Go to thy house and to thy 
friends and tell them.” 

To be a missionary at home where one is well known 
is sometimes harder than to follow Jesus into unknown 
regions. The light must shine first at home. We must be 
Christians among our friends. 

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INSANE ON SHORE. 


SeventH Day: Mark 5:1-20. THE INSANE MAN. 


Why was it that Jesus crossed the sea? 


Apparently, did He get much rest? 


Compare “ in lus right mind,” y 15, with the i sen- 
tence in Luke 15:17. 2oc& gal af G 


Why can such similar phrases an used ie this man in 


Mark and the man in Luke? 


When the people from the el came ou: wipers did 


they find the man? See Luke 8:35. , q af fe ¥ of 


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Why do you suppose he wanted to be there? 


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Memorize Matt. 11:28, 29, 30 


something must possess me. My heart cannot be its own 
master; it must be ruled either from above or below. 
Come and take the place from which my higher self has 
fled. Come and restrain the advance of the lower man. 
Come and make me Thy captive forevermore. I shall own 
no other Master when I am possessed by Thee. Amen.” 


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First Day: Mark 5:21-24. THE APPEAL OF JAIRUS. 


Ruler of the Synagogue, v. 22. Each synagogue had 
a college of elders who conducted the worship and ex- 
ercised discipline. 

Jesus now goes back to the populous side of the lake. 


What shows re ime Pa expec ae: His return? OF ee 


Miah 


The words J pray thee, v. 23, are in italics. Words 
printed in italics in the Bible are not in the original text, 
but are inserted in the English translation to give the 
sense. 

What does v. 23. show as to Jae s attitude toward 
Jesus? qe Aad p-eckth —1 h1nrr~, 


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Law ” < ee ‘ 4 Lh 


What did he think it necessary for Jesus oe do? V. 23. 
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What did Jesus tet wrth, Tae 


What may we learn from the fact that here He left the 
great crowd to go to help one little girl? 


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Seconp Day: Mark 5:25-29. THE WoMAN IN THE 
CrowpD. 


Notice that Jesus was on His way to the home of Jairus. 
“ Such overflowing grace is in Him the Prince of life, 
that, as He was hastening to accomplish one work of grace 
and power, He accomplishes another, as by the way.” 

A woman, v. 25. Her disease made her ceremonially 
unclean. She could go to no social gathering, to no 
synagogue; her friends would think her a sinful woman 
justly punished. 

Notice Mark’s details in v. 26. 

Luke says she had spent all her money trying to be 
cured. Luke 8:43. NA 

aoe she come to ‘Jesus? Jb pled: Ome 

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Do the things which you have heard about Him draw 
you to Him? 


Why “in the crowd behind” “garment?” V. 27. 


What does v. 28 show as to her faith? 


Ignorant faith is better than no faith. 
How did her faith differ from that of Jairus? V. 23. 


How does this miracle differ from a Su that we 


know about? a ee poe en 


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Tuirp Day: Mark 5:30-34. THE WoMAN IN THE 
Crow. 


“For if our virtues did not go forth of us, ’twere all 
alike as if we had them not.” 
How did Jesus know someone had touched Him? Com- 


are Luke 8:46. , 
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It costs something to do good. 


Does v. 31 indicate to your mind that the disciples did 
not like the interruption? 


Notice that when Jesus stopped the woman was already 
cured. 
Why did He stop? 


Describe the scene in your own words. 
Mention some of the hindrances in the woman’s way. 


Did it pay her to overcome them? 


Jesus always stops at the cry of a sinner. Luke 18:40. 
“Many thronged, but one touched.” How did her 
( rouch differ from the touch of others? 


Are you merely among a crowd of followers of Jesus, 
or are you in personal contact with Him? 


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FourtH Day: Mark 5:35-43. He Heats Jarrus’s 
DAUGHTER. 


The scene in the home. V. 38. “ The Jews, like other 
Eastern nations, hired professional mourners whose duty 
it was to indulge in signs of grief; to beat on their breasts, 
to utter loud groans, and to shed false tears.” 

What do vs. 35 and soto, about Paes — of Jesus’s 
power? 


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Why did He take only the disciples mentioned in v. 37? 
How many were in the room with Jesus? V. 4o. 


Is there anything in v. 40 that indicates why He turned 
them all out? 


Talitha cumi, v. 41, is Aramaic; Mark tells what it 
means; what does this show about the people for whom 
he wrote? 


These are the very words Jesus spoke. They help, 
therefore, to determine the language He used. “It is al- 
together probable that in His common dealings with men, 
and in His teachings, Jesus used this language (Ara) 
maic]. Greek was the vanguage of the Government an 
of trade, and in a measure the Jews were a bi-lingual peo- 
ple. Jesus may have had some knowledge of Greek, but 
it is unlikely that He ever used it to any extent, either in 
Galilee or in Judea, or in the regions of Tyre and Sidon.” 

How did this miracle affect those who saw it? 


Remember that some of them had already or the mir- ,/ : 
acle in Luke 7:11-17. —Kace.~~4 Ar oetsig At» 
Why did this one affect them in this een 


“That no man should know this,” v. 43. Compare 
with 5:19 and state why one command was the opposite __ 
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FirtH Day: Mark 4:35-5:43. ANOTHER Day IN 
Jesus’s LiFe. 


A day of power. At what point in His ministry is He 
now? (3) (Mebh~ am tu 


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“Make a list of the miracles of this day. 


In these miracles over what did Jesus in each case ex- 
ercise His power? 


Notice that He was able to heal mental and bodily ills. 
What was the effect of each miracle on those who saw? 


Has Jesus this same power to-day? 


What can you say about the faith of those who this day 
sought His help? 


Notice the direct discourse in each case, 4:39; 5:8; 
5:34, 41. 

PRAYER: “O God, whose mercy makes each morn a 
new beginning of opportunity and strength, so uphold 
and strengthen us in Thine infinite compassion that we 
may serve Thee this day in child-like love and glad obe- 
dience. If we have sinned and awake to consciousness 
with shame and contrition of heart, bring to our thought 
the sense of Thy long-suffering pity, and the promise of 
Thy aid. Out of the wreck of larger hopes and forfeited 
occasions enable us to build our lives as a temple to Thine 
honor, In the hour of temptation be Thou our shield. 
In the uplifting of our joy be Thou our deepest satisfac- 
tion. Teach us the lesson of self-forgetfulness that we 
may lose our gloomy fears in thoughts of Thee and in 
happy service to others. So may our day be spent in 
quiet work and restful faith, to Thine eternal glory, 
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.” 

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StxtH Day: Mark 6:1-3. At Home AGaIn. 


He went out from thence, v.1. Whence? 7 Ae PY ERA 
His own country, v. 1. What place does this indicate? “00-7 AAL 


~ ~ i t A : es e 
What did He do on the Sabbath? V.2. tarcatt a (nreFoy™ 


What was it that astonished them? 46 (*+*?#++— Yo (f-d-cod-_ ha, 
Med AO Eire WEAR BE AOR Gee ih F 
Do the questions in vs. 2, 3 come from one or a num- 
ber of people? A nero. 


What did they mean by “ these things ” in v. 2? 
What was their opinion of Him? 


What do we learn here about His family life and His 
occupation? 


THOUGHT FoR To-Day: “ The greatest being, confess- 
edly, that ever appeared on this earth, was Jesus of 
Nazareth; and yet all that we are told of eighteen years 
of His life is that He was a carpenter. He is an ex- 
ample to us of virtuous, self-denying, persevering in- 
dustry. He ennobled all toil by becoming Himself a toiler. 
There is many a foolish youth who deems labor degrad- 
ing and idleness respectable. Let the lesson be impressed 
upon the mind of such, that occupation, however lowly, is 
beneficent and noble.” 


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SEVENTH Day: Marx 6:4-6. How UNBELIEF AF- 
FECTED Him. 


Read in connection with this week’s study “ The Honor 
Roll of Faith.” Heb. 11. 
What did He mean by v. 4? 


What was a prophet? V. 4. 


See Matt. 13 a and state why “ He, could there : 
mighty work.” “44 ¢ ga 1. 2e. , The} fn 


Does this explain some of your unanswered prayers? 


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What caused Him to marvel? Hr AA hehe 
Why do you suppose He marvelled? 


Is the reason of Matt. 13:58 applicable in your life 
to-day? 


THOUGHT FoR To-pay: “Christ never failed to dis- 
tinguish between doubt and unbelief. Doubt is can’t be- 
lieve; unbelief is won’t believe. Doubt is honesty; un- 
pelief is obstinacy. Doubt i is looking for light ; We Tre 
is content with darkness.” ie thet Atheist re 





Memorize John 3:36, bs ho aa Cer Lan Zirne Ue 
“Born within a lowly stable, where the cattle round me 
stood, 


Trained a Carpenter in Nazareth, I have toiled and 
found it good. 


“ They who tread this path of labor follow where my feet 
have trod; 
They who walk without complaining do the holy will 
of God.” 


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NINTH WEEK. HIS FRIENDS AND HIS 
ENEMIES. 


First Day: Marx 6:6. Reap atso Matt. 9:35. A 
PREACHING Tour. 


Rejected by the people of His own village, He starts out 
to tell the good news of salvation to others! 

How often is it recorded so far that Jesus went about 
preaching? 


These tours were a sort of training of the disciples in 
their future work. 
What would He preach? 


ex” Who would be with Him on these journeys? See 


yo Mark 15:41; Acts 1:21. 


Where would they lodge? 


What does He want His disciples to do in the world? 


Prayer: “O Lord God, strong and mighty, we would 
draw near to Thee confessing our weakness, beseeching 
Thee to make us strong. We would be strong in body, 
that we may do our work in life well and cheerfully. We 
would be strong in heart, full of courage, holding pain 
and danger cheap when they lie in the way of duty. We 
would be strong in love; make us warm-hearted, true 
friends, loving our neighbors as ourselves and loving Thee 
with all our heart and soul and strength. We would be 
strong in faith, ever trusting in the victory of good over 
evil; strong in hope, undaunted by seeming defeat, al- 
ways looking beyond the mists and clouds of time into 
the clear shining of the eternal life; strong in patience, 
bearing our burdens, suffering our pains quietly and with- 
out reproach toward men or rebellion against Thee. Hear 
our Prayer, O Lord, who art our strength and our Re- 
deemer, for Christ’s sake. Amen.” 


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ENEMIES. 


Seconp Day:’ Mark 6:7-11. He Senps Out THE 
APOSTLES. 


They have had their training, now they are sent out. 
It seems sometimes as if we wanted to spend all our lives 
in training. Jesus wants us to go out. 

Wallet, v.8. Used specially to carry food. 

Money, v. 8, literally brass. See marginal note in Au- 
thorized Version for explanation. 

Purse, v. 8. The girdle which held the tunic was 
wound round the body below the breast, one of its ends 
having been turned up and stitched in such a way as to 
form a convenient pocket for carrying coins and other 
small articles. 

Two coats, v.9. “Take no extra clothing, go as you 
are.” 

Shake off the dust, v.11. This was regarded as a com- 
plete renunciation of all further responsibility. For illus- 


trations see Acts 13:51 and 18:6. Cn. uch 
How did He send them out? 


Give some reasons why it would be advisable to send 
them out in this way. Eccl. 4:9-12. Cet po. S hetpo 


What grind did He give them? V. 7. See also 
Luke 9:1. (v2 givcka cee 


What kind of a man must He have been to give such 
authority ? 


Notice that Mark omits nearly all of the commission 
given them at this time just as he omits the Sermon on 
the Mount. 

THOUGHT FoR To-pay: “ The only religion that can 
do anything for me is the religion that makes me want to 
do something for you. The missionary enterprise is not 
the Church’s afterthought. It is Christ’s forethought. 
It is primal and vital.” 

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ENEMIES. 


Tuirp Day: Mark 6:12, 13. THE APosTLES AT WorK. 


The apostles were not advocates, they were witnesses. 
What did they do in obedience to the command? 


What success did they have? See Luke 9 6. ¢ x“ ry <a 


What does the first part of Mark 6:14 show about the 
measure of their fame? 


Do you imagine that they were able to do these things 
because Jesus told them to? 


How is it to-day; does His command enable us to do 
what He commands? 


Anointed with oil, v. 12. “ Anointing the sick with oil 
has always been a favorite remedy in the East. And in the 
hot climate it serves certain purposes not thought neces- 
sary in colder regions.” ; 

Memorize Rom. 1:16. 9 wii wut ar 

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ENEMIES. 


FourtH Day: Marx 6:14-16. HeErop. 


King Herod, v. 14. He was not a king, in the sense 
in which the word is ordinarily used, but was the ruler 
of a fourth part of the country ruled by his father, Herod 
the Great, that is, over Galilee and Perea. 

“ The country was completely under the mighty Roman 
power, which had extended its sway over the whole 
civilized world. It was divided into several small por- 
tions, which the foreigners held under different tenures, 
as the English at present hold India. Galilee and Perea 
were ruled by petty kings, sons of that Herod under whom 
Jesus was born, who occupied a relation to the Roman 
Emperor similar to that which the subject Indian kings 
hold to the Queen.” 

What was it Herod heard? V. 14. 


What made him think John had risen from the grave? 


Who was meant by “ it” in v. 15? 


What made them think it was Elijah? 


Why would they think it was a prophet? 


What was it that was troubling Herod? Compare vs. 
16 and 20. 


THouGcHT For To-pay: “It is John, whom I be- 
headed.” Not simply “It is John.” What was it, 
Herod, that made you think of the beheading, while 
others thought of John? How was it that when you heard 
of Jesus you thought of this man whom you had be- 
headed ? 


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ENEMIES. 


FirtH Day: Marx 6:17-29. JoHN’s MURDER. 
Who had killed John? V. 16. 


How do you reconcile this statement with that in v. 20? 


What did Herod think of John? 


What is the meaning of the expression, ‘“ When he 
heard him he was much perplexed?” V. 20. 


Have you ever heard things that have caused this state 
of mind in you? 


From v. 20 what kind of a man would you say John 
was? 


Why did Herodias hate John? 


A birthday supper, v. 21. This would not be favored 
by the Jews, but Herod imitated the Roman Emperors. 
Would you rather be upstairs with Herod, or downstairs 
with John? 


THOUGHT FoR To-pAy: The Revised Version has in 
the margin “ He did many things,” instead of ‘ He was 
much perplexed,” v. 20. But he did not do the one thing. 
How easy it is sometimes to act as Herod did; how hard 
to do the one thing! Having found the one thing I lack, 
help me, O Master, to do it; may I not try to smother 
my conscience in a multitude of duties. 

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ENEMIES. 


SixtH Day: Mark 6:17-29. JoHN’s Murper (Con- 
tinued) 


Did Herod want to kill John? V. 26. 


Tell the story of how he happened to do it? 


She pleased Herod, v. 22. “The man who surren- 
ders himself to his sensuous nature lets the horses get 
the bit between their teeth and is sure to come to 9 gre. a 
See what Paul did, 1 Cor. 9 :20, 27. 71 sefe «+ + 

See also the effect of eing in the mere of a wicked 
woman. 

Notice in v. 25, “ straightway,” “ with haste,” “ forth- 
with,” why all this hurry? 


If Herod knew it was wrong to kill John, why did he 
do it? 


Are there any Herods in your school or among your 
friends? 


What did Joh cy a do? See also Matt. aS re ) 
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‘John’s epitaph might be, “ Here lies one who never 
feared the face of man.’ 


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ENEMIES. 


SEVENTH Day: Mark 6:1-29. 
Where was Jesus now? 


Write opposite these references the events referred to: 
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“T trust I have not wasted breath: 
I think we are not wholly brain, 
Magnetic mockeries; not in vain, 
Like Paul with beasts, I fought with death. 


“Not only cunning casts in clay: 
Let Science prove we are, and then 
What matters Science unto men, 
At least to me? I would not stay. 


“ Let him the wiser man who springs 
Hereafter, up from childhood shape 
His actions like the greater ape, 
But I was born to higher things.” 


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TENTH WEEK. RESTING, WORKING, : 
PRAYING. 


First Day: Mark 6:30-33. THE First MISSIONARY 
CONFERENCE. 
Where did they go now? 
This portion of His ministry is characterized by certain 


journeys of flight. This is the first one. 
Why did Jesus go to the other side of the lake? See 


Matt. 14:13; Mark 6:31. 
pe ' the Lert few’ 
Into what kind of a place did they go? ri aie f- 


Where had the disciples been? Y. 7. tie 


From what were they trying to escape? V. 31. 


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What did the people do? 


How did sa take me Ae a oad See Le O31 
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Reacipatk Mark 4:38, John 4:6, Bhd Mark 6:31, and 
state what these verses show about the humanity of Jesus. 


Memorize Psalm 23. The tenth chapter of John has 
been called the Shepherd Chapter. 


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SEconp Day: Mark 6:34-44. He FEeeps More THAN 
FIvE THOUSAND. 


This is the only miracle recorded by all four gospels; 
is there any reason for this? 


At what time of the day was it? 


The presence of Jesus will turn a wilderness into para- 
dise. 
About how many were there? 


When LEE ie saw the gig how did the sight affect 
Him? V. 34.~ : 


How did it affect the disciples?, See Matt. 14:15. 


( How often is it true that this is the way we treat those 
“_»~ in need when the Master welcomes them. See Matt. 


ee :23; Mark 10:13, 14. 
fe What reason can you give for His refusal to make bread, 
in Matt. 4:3, 4, and His willingness here? 


Mark makes his account vivid by noticing the gestures 
and movements of Jesus; as in Mark 6:41. See also 


3:5, 34; 5:30-32; 7:34; 10:23; 11:11. 


“ The restless millions wait 
The light whose dawning maketh all things new: 
Christ also waits, but men are slow and late. 
Have we done all we could? Have I? Have you? 
A cloud of witnesses above encompass, 
We love to think of all they see and know; 
But what of this great multitude in peril, 
Who sadly wait below? 
Oh, let this thrilling vision daily move us 
To earnest prayer and deeds before unknown, 
That souls redeemed from many lands may join ts, 
When Christ brings home His own.” 

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TENTH WEEK. RESTING, WORKING, 
PRAYING. 


Tuirp Day: Marx 6:34-44. He Freeps More THAN 
Five THousanp (Continued). 


“Tf I feed a destitute crowd in Galilee, it is because 
I myself experienced destitution at the well of Jacob.” 
Write out the story of vs. 35-42. 


j How bag it happen that there was such a crowd there? 
ohn 6 


Before breaking the bread what did Jesus do? Mark 


6:41. 
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Are the suppers which you attend like the one in v. 21) 
or in v. 41? 


In what respect is this miracle an hae for foreign 
missions ? g Nel ; 


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Give ye them to eat, v. 37. Duty is not measured by 
ability. 
How much did each of the five thousand get? V. 42. 
How much did each disciple? V. 43. 
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FourtH Day: Marx 6:45, 46. PRAYING. 


“ The picture given is a beautiful one. The disciples 
leave the shore in their boat to row across the lake; the 
crowds gradually disperse, returning on foot, for the most 
part, across the plain to regain the western shore by going 
round the north margin of the lake. Jesus retires to the 
high ground to spend the calm eastern night in solitary 
communion with His Father in lonely prayer for the dis- 
ciples on the sea and the crowds on the land. He who 
had constant communion with the Father even in the most 
crowded throng, was yet so much man that He yearned 
for silent prayer and lonely fellowship. He who was in- 
capable of distraction went aside to pray.” 

Naa did the disciples want to do with the people? V. 
36. 


Who really went away first? 


What did Jesus do when He was alone after the people 
went away? , 


What effect did this miracle have — the people? 


John 6:14, 15. 2 


How did it affect the disciples? Mark 6:52. % 


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FirtH Day: Mark 6:47-52. WALKING ON THE WATER. 


Fourth Watch, v. 48. “The proper Jewish reckoning 
recognized only three watches: (1) The first or beginning 
of the watches from sunset to 10 P.M. (Lam. 2:19); (2) 
the middle watches, from 10 P.M. to 2 A.M. (Judg. 7:19) ; 
(3) the morning watch, from 2 A.M. to sunrise (Ex. 


\ 14:24; I Sam. 11:11). After the Roman supremacy the 


number was increased to four, sometimes called first, 
second, etc., as here; sometimes by the terms even, clos- 
ing at 9 P.M.; midnight; cock-crowing, at 3 A.M.; morn- 
ing, at 6 A.M.” 

Who had persuaded the disciples to go into the boat? 


What was their condition and how long had it been so? 
Does God put His children into places of danger? 


Why do you suppose He ros have passed them by? 
Compare Luke 24:28. 


What does v. 52 mean? 
Why does Mark omit the story of Peter’ s effort to walk 
on the water, although Matthew gave it? 


“ So I am watching quietly every day, 
Whenever the sun shines brightly I rise and say, 
Surely it is the shining of His face— 
And look unto the gates of His high place 
Beyond the sea; 
For I know He is coming shortly 
To summon me. 
And when the shadow falls across the windows 
Of the room 
Where I am working my appointed task, 
I lift my head and watch the door, and ask 
If He is come— 
And the angel answers sweetly, in my home— 
Only a few more shadows and He will come.” 
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StxtH Day: Mark 6:53-56. GREAT Crowps SEEK 
Hi. 


Gennesaret, v. 53. “A crescent-shaped plain on the 
northwest shore of the lake, about two miles and one- 
half in length and about one in breadth.” Locate it on 
the. map. 

What did the people do? 


What led them to act in this way? 


Why do you suppose they thought they would be healed 
by touching His clothes? 


John tells us that Jesus spoke to the people and showed 
them that He came not to supply bodily wants, but to be 
the bread of life. (John 6:52-59.) This caused many 
disciples who had been looking for an earthly kingdom 
to desert Him, so that He said pathetically to the twelve 
chosen ones, “ Would ye also go away?” 

Prayer: “O God, our Heavenly Father, who hast 
taken thought for us in the night watches, bless us also 
in the opportunities of this new day. Help us with willing 
hearts to spend its moments in Thy service. In coming 
and in going, in labor and in rest, in care and pleasure, 
grant us Thy companionship for sympathy and aid. If 
the day in its unvarying course brings no changes, through 
the still hours may the sunlight of Thy presence glow. 
Help us to bear true witness in simplicity of heart to find 
our joy in little things, to help men toward the Christ- 
like life in kindly service, and to cherish high ambitions 
of obedience to our Lord. So crown our days with 
strength and peace, O God, through Jesus Christ, Thy 
Son. Amen.” 

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TENTH WEEK. RESTING, WORKING, 
PRAYING. 


SEVENTH Day: Mark 6:1-56. FRIENDS AND ENEMIES. 


Trace on the outline map the journeys of Jesus as re- 
corded in this chapter. 


What is said in the chapter about the feeling of vie ‘th 
ferent ones toward Him? Vs. 2, 3 15, a 50, 51, 56, 


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Who would you say received the greatest blessing in 
the feeding of the five thousand—Jesus, the crowd, or the 
disciples? Why? 


The loaves and fishes belonged to a little boy and were 
all he had. (John 6:9.) But he gave his all to Jesus, 
and received a blessing. It was so with the widow who 
“cast in all her living ””—two mites. Is it so to-day? 


THOUGHT FoR To-pay: “ That the period immediately 
after rising should be scrupulously consecrated to God; 
that the earliest thoughts of the day should be filled _with 
God; that the homage of self-dedication should be re- 
newed before starting on another pilgrimage; that we 
should listen to His small voice of warning or encourage- 
ment as it issues from His written word, or from the 
inner consciousness, or from the outer world—all this is 
so essentially bound up with the peace and holiness of 
the day that one might almost say that the two are in- 
separable.” 


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ELEVENTH WEEK. DRIVEN OUT OF GALI- 
LEE. 


First Day: Marx 7:1-4. THE PHARISEES. 
What were the Pharisees? 


Where were Jesus and His disciples now? John 6:24. 
Mark explains the meaning of “ defiled hands,” v. 2. 
See a similar explanation in v. 11 and in 12:18. What 
does this indicate about the people for whom he wrote? 


Tradition of the Elders, v. 3. “The unwritten law, 
which they said God delivered orally to Moses, who trans- 
mitted it orally to the elders.”” The elders were the lead- | 
ing Jewish teachers. 

What were they trying to do by all this washing? 


Why should they wash on coming from the market 
place? 


Have you ever been content with mere external ap- 
pearances? 


Prayer: “O Lord, who hast given us these treasures 
of earth’s strength and opportunity in earthen vessels 
that we might learn the need of trust in Thee, help us so 
to use and cherish our frail bodies that they may be most 
effective for the work which Thou hast given us to do. 
Pardon our transgressions and shortcomings. Make us 
strong to labor, patient for endurance, filled, as becometh 
temples of Thy Spirit, with all purity, girded and ready 
for all service. Preserve us from the shame and folly 
of idleness and from the temptations to presumptuous 
overwork for merely earthly gains. And when these 
earthen vessels of our sense and strength are broken, re- 
ceive our spirits. Amen.” 


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ELEVENTH WEEK. DRIVEN OUT OF GALI- 
LEE. 


SEcoND Day: Mark 7:5-13. PHARISEES ACCUSE THE 
DISCIPLES. 


_ What was the Pharisees’ charge against the beat oo 
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What did Jesus call the Pharisees? 
What does “ hypocrite” mean? 


What did Jesus mean by His quotation from Isaiah? 


How long before Christ did Isaiah, write these words? i 
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Vs. 11-13. “ Ifaman shall say to his mother or father 
when one of them applies to him for assistance, ‘ That 
which would have helped you I have given to God, and, 
therefore, I cannot take it back and use it for you,’ you 
thus enable a man by following tradition to avoid help- 
ing his parents, and God’s own word is rendered idle.” 


“ The parish priest of austerity, 
Climbed up in the high church steeple, 
To be nearer God, so that he might 
Hand down his word to the people. 
And in sermon script he daily wrote 
What he thought was sent from heaven; 
And he dropped it down on the people’s heads 
Two times one day in seven. 
In his age God said, ‘Come down and die;’ 
And he cried out from the steeple, 
‘Where art thou, Lord?’ and the Lord replied, 
‘Down here among my people.’ ” 


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ELEVENTH WEEK. DRIVEN OUT OF GALI- 
LEE. 


Tuirp Day: Mark 7:14, 15. REAL DEFILEMENT. 


To whom had He been speaking in vs. 6-13? 
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Whom does He address now? a 
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What reason is there for the change? 


What does He mean by v. 1 5? ? il 4 “i i, 
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“Whatever weakens your reason, 
Impairs the tenderness of your conscience, 
Obscures your sense of God, 
Takes off the relish for spiritual things; 
Whatever increases the authority 
Of your body over your mind— 
That thing is sin to you, 
However innocent it may be in itself.” 


Notice the omission in the Revised Version of v. 16 
and see marginal note. Our Authorized Version, called 
also the King James Version, which was itself a revision 
of the existing Bibles, was translated in 1611. The Re- 
vised Version of the New Testament was published in 
May, 1881. At this later date scholars had access to a 
great many more manuscripts than in 1611, including the 
three oldest and best. 


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ELEVENTH WEEK. DRIVEN OUT OF GALI- 
LEE. 


FourtH Day: Mark 7:17-23. REAL DEFILEMENT. 


“By no political alchemy can we get golden conduct 
out of leaden instincts.” 
What was the Jewish idea of clean and unclean meats? 


What do vs. 17 and 18 show as to the disciples’ under- 
standing of Jesus? 


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Where did Jesus say evil originates? Compare Matt. 
5:27, 28. 


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Judged by this standard have you broken this com- 
mandment ? 


Jesus put His hand on the source of evil—the heart. 
We see the outside, He sees the inside. As sweet water 
cannot come from a bitter spring, so clean thoughts can- 
not come from an impure heart. It is the thoughts of our 
hearts that we need to watch; it is the vile pictures that 
form themselves in our imagination that we must guard 
against. How ashamed we would be if our friends and 


companions could see the images that we create in our | 


hearts. God sees them. 


Memorize Psalm 19:14. oe, ta - 


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ELEVENTH WEEK. DRIVEN OUT OF GALI- 
LEE. 


Firth Day: Mark 7:24. BEGINNING OF SECOND JoUR- 
NEY OF FLIGHT. 


Locate Tyre and Sidon on the map. 
This is the second journey of flight. See how it dif- 
fers from the preaching tours mentioned in 1 :39, 6:6, et al. 


What caused Him to withdraw at this time? 


Why “ would have no man know it?” 


What was the result of His effort to remain hidden? 


of His life He was despised and rejected of men (Isaiah 
53:3). There was no room for Him in the inn (Luke 
2:7). No room for Him among His own (John 1:12). | 
And now they drive Him out of Galilee. “ Behold I stand 
at the door and knock” (Rev. 3:20). Shall we not) 
open and bid Him welcome into our hearts? 


THOUGHT FoR To-DAY: From the beginning to the end 


“Room for pleasure, room for business, 
But for Christ the crucified, 
Not a place that He can enter 
In your heart for which He died.” 


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LEE. 


Sixt Day: Mark 7:25-30. In Tyre AND SIDON. 


How do you suppose this woman had heard of Him? 
See Mark 3:8. ; te 
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A Syrophenician, v. 26. A Pheenician living in Syria. 
A Greek, v. 26. A Gentile, not a Jew. 
What did the disciples want to do with her? Matt. 


15 :23. 


What did Jesus mean by v. 27? /. ffi 


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Why did the words of the woman in v. 28 please Jesus 
so much? Compare Matt. 15:28. 


Fast 


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LEE. 


SEVENTH Day: Mark 7:31. He Avoms GALILEE. 


Read also Matt. 15 :29-31. 

Locate Decapolis on the map. 

Trace this journey from Tyre to the borders of De- 
capolis and notice that He avoided Galilee. Why was 
this? 


What does Matthew tell us happened here? 


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What does the last part of Matt. 15:31 mean? priibas : 
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What have you done this past week to glorify God? 


What does Paul want his hearers to do when he says, 
“that they may adorn the doctrine of God our Saviour 
in all things?” Tit. 2:10. 


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TWELFTH WEEK. JOURNEYS OF FLIGHT. 


First Day: Mark 7:32-37. He Cures A DEAF AND 
Dums Man. 


Where was Jesus now? 


What did Jesus do? 
Why did Jesus do the things mentioned in v. 33? 


Ephphatha, v. 34. Helps us to know what language 
Jesus spoke: this word is Aramaic. 

Why the sigh? V. 34. 

Notice that He looked up to Heaven. 

Compare in 2 Kings 4:34 a similar method to the one 


employed here. 
Wouldn’t this be a good method in our Christian work? 


Do you try to get close to those whom you wish to 
win to God? 


When Jesus was in this region before, what had He 
said to the man He cured? Mark 5:19. 


Had the man obeyed? Mark 8:1. 


What effect did the miracle have upon the people? 


Have you a tongue that Jesus might cause to “ speak 
plain” for Him? 


Read the Tongue chapter, James 3. 
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Seconp Day: Mark 8:1-9. HE FEEps Four THOUSAND. 


How long had the people been with Jesus? 


From Mark 3:5, 6:6, 7:34, 8:2, 10:14, and 10:21, write 
down the human elements mentioned. 


Mention the points in which this miracle differs from 
the feeding of the five thousand. 


What was the result to the four thousand of being with 
Jesus? 


If we stay with Him to-day He will fill us. 


Memorize Rev. 22:17. 


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TWELFTH WEEK. JOURNEYS OF FLIGHT. 


Tuirp Day: Mark 7:24-8:9. THE SECOND JOURNEY 
oF FLIGHT. 


Read these verses and trace this journey on the outline 
map. 


Where did it begin? 


What sections of the country and what towns are men- 
tioned? 


How does this illustrate John 1:12? 


What was His own feeling toward the people during 
this time? 


THOUGHT FoR To-pay: The loneliness of Jesus in the 
great world which He came to save appeals to me to- 
day; the solitude in which He lived even when surrounded 
by crowds. And even to-day in the busy world He must 
often be alone. ‘ Thou art all alone. Bid me come to 
Thee, O Lord! I have followed Thee in joy, I have been 
with Thee when the multitude thronged and pressed. I 
have heard Thy voice in majesty on the Mount. I have 
seen Thy hand of beneficence break bread in the desert, 
whenever I have been in want. I have sought Thee.” In 
Thy loneliness bid me come to Thee. 


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FourtH Day: Marx 8:10. IN DALMANUTHA, 


Where was Dalmanutha? 


Notice how often the sea of Galilee has been the scene 
of His life so far. 


He often retired in this way to be with His disciples, 
that He might train and teach them, the future apostles. 
What were they to do? 3:14, 6:7, 8. 


What leads us to think they were not apt scholars? 


8 you in the habit of being alone with Jesus every 
ay! 


THOUGHT FoR To-DAY: “ The subject was ‘ What in 
my life has helped me most toward Jesus Christ’? One 
man rose and said: ‘The one thing which has helped 
me most in my Christian experience is this: for many 
years I have been in the habit of getting up half an hour 
earlier than necessary in order that I might spend that 
half hour in prayer and reading God’s word and in medi- 
tation.’ That man is a car conductor and is obliged to 
rise every morning at three o’clock, and in order to spend 
a little time with God he gets up at half past two. I went 
home feeling that I was not fit to preach to that man.” 


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TWELFTH WEEK. JOURNEYS OF FLIGHT. 


FirtH Day: Mark 8:11-13. THE PHARISEES TEMPT 
Him. . 


With what intent did the Pharisees ask Him questions? 
What does it mean to tempt Jesus? 


With which of the three temptations (Matt. 4:3-6) 
does this scene correspond? 


Have you ever asked for a sign? See the answer to 
such a question that came to Zacharias. Luke 1:18—20. 


Notice how short a visit this was; and that here be- 
gins the third journey of flight. 8:13. 


PRAYER: “‘O God, our Father, whose will it is that 
none should perish, but that all should live, enable us so 
to use Thy gift of freedom that it shall prepare us for 
the eternal life of holiness with Thee. When in the temp- 
tations of the world we are sifted as wheat, grant us that 
our faith fail not. When we are in peril from the lusts 
that war against the soul, be Thou our guard. For Thine 
own pity and for the love of those who need us and who 
suffer when we fall, preserve us in the hour of weakness. 
For the love wherewith Christ loved us grant us the fel- 
lowship of His Spirit when we are tried in the likeness 
of His temptations. And Thou who hast helped us to the 
victory of faith shalt receive our grateful service ever- 
more through Christ who for our redemption was tempted 
and overcame. Amen.” 

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TWELFTH WEEK. JOURNEYS OF FLIGHT. 


SrxtH Day: Reap ISAIAH 53. 


Into what five parts did we divide the life of Jesus? 


What was each of the three years of His public ministry 
called? 


Mention the principal events of the Judean ministry? 


Why is it called the period of obscurity? 
How does it differ from the Galilean ministry? 


Upon what part of the life of Jesus does Mark dwell? 


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TWELFTH WEEK. JOURNEYS OF FLIGHT. 


SEVENTH Day: ReEaAp Romans 8. 


When His work increased what did He do for helpers? 

What kind of men did He select? 

What new mode of conveying truth did He adopt soon 
after? 

What was the effect of His miracles upon the crowd? 


Upon those who were healed? 


Why do we think that the feeding of the five thousand 
was a crisis in His career? 


What did He do as soon as He had sent the five thou- 
sand away? 


Why did He leave Judea? 


What caused Him to leave Galilee? 


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THIRTEENTH WEEK. TEACHING AND 
HEALING. 


First Day: Mark 8:14-21. A LESSON IN FAITH. 


How long had these men been with Him now? 


Tell in your own words what Jesus said to them in vs. 
IZ io. 


What did they think He meant? 
Why did He mention Pharisees and Herod? 


What use does Jesus here make of His miracles? 
What lesson does He try to teach them? 


What lesson is here for us? 
What did He mean by His question? V. 21. 


How would you answer it? 


“The heart that trusts forever sings, 
And feels as light as it had wings; 
A well of peace within it springs; 

Come good or ill, 
Whate’er to-day, to-morrow brings, 
It is His will.” 
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THIRTEENTH WEEK. TEACHING AND 
HEALING. 


SEconD Day: Mark 8:22-26. Hr Heats A BLIND MAN. 


Where was this miracle performed ? 


Notice the details in v. 23, “ took hold,” “ by the hand,” 
“brought him out,” “laid His hand on him.” This is 
characteristic of Mark. See the same thing in 1:13, 35, 


2:2, 4, 23, 4:36, 38, 5:4, 6:39, 40. 


How does the method of this cure differ from most of 
the others? 


Notice how much more vivid v. 24 is in the Revised 
Version than in the Authorized Version. 


What did Jesus say to the man after He was healed? 


Why was this? 


THOUGHT FoR To-pay: I ought not to expect to see 
everything at the beginning of my Christian life as clearly 
as I shall see it later. Paul had to go away into solitude 
for three years while God was revealing Himself fully 
tohim. Help me, my Heavenly Father, to patiently await 
Thy good time for letting me see all things clearly. If 
now I see in a mirror darkly, hasten the glad day when I 
shall see face to face; if now I know in part, let me some 
day know even as I have been known. May [I live in the 
radiance of Thy presence, Thou blessed Christ. 


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THIRTEENTH WEEK. TEACHING AND 
HEALING. 
Tuirp Day: Mark 8:27-30. THE GREAT CONFESSION. 
Locate Czsarea Philippi on the map. 
What question did Jesus ask His disciples? 
Did He not know what people thought of Him? 


Why would some say John the Baptist? 
Why Elijah? 
Why one of the prophets? 


Why would He expect a different opinion from His 
disciples ? 


Was there something pitiful in His voice as He asked 
the question of v. 29? 


Have you a different opinion of Him than the people 
of those days? 
What was Peter’s answer? It has been called The First 


Apostle’s Creed. Compare the three accounts, Mark, 
Matt. 16:16, Luke 9:20, and write it out. 


Why the words in v. 30? 
Who do you say the Son of Man is? 


Memorize 1 Peter 3:15. 
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THIRTEENTH WEEK. TEACHING AND | 
HEALING. 


FourtH Day: Mark 8:31. He ANNounceEsS His DEATH. 


As soon as they recognize His Messiahship He begins 
to teach them that He must suffer and die. 

Compare this first clear announcement with former in- 
timations of His coming death, in the following order: 
John 2:19, 3:14; Mark 2:20; Matt. 10:38; John 6:51, 
and see how it was ever on His mind. 


What had they just called Him? 


What does He tell them the Son of God is to do? 


Mention the four things He specifies in this verse. 


Prayer: “ Almighty God, who canst give the light 
that in darkness shall make us glad, the light that in 
gloom shall give us joy, and the peace that amidst dis- 
cord shall bring us quietness, let us live this day in that 
light, that life, that peace, so that we may gain the victory 
over those things that press us down and over the flesh 
that so often encumbers us and over death that seemeth 
for the moment to win the victory. Thus we being filled 
with inward peace and light and life, may walk all the 
days of this our mortal life doing our work as the business 
of our Father, glorifying it because it is Thy will, know- 
ing that what Thou givest, Thou givest in love. Bestow 
upon us the greatest and last blessing that we, being in 
Thy presence, may be like unto Thee forever more. These 
things do we ask in the name of Jesus Christ our Lord. 
Amen.” 

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THIRTEENTH WEEK. TEACHING AND 
HEALING. 


FirtH Day: Mark 8:32, 33. He REBUKES PETER. 
Christ’s motto, “ Deny thyself.” V. 31. 
Satan’s motto, “ Spare thyself.” V. 32. 
Which shall it be? 
This is the first clear prediction of His death. Notice 


the time in His life when it was made. 
How did this announcement affect Peter, and why? 


Openly, v. 32. Plainly. He had intimated it many 
times. See John 2:19; 3:14; Mark 2:20. 
What did Jesus mean by calling Peter “ Satan”? 


What did Peter mean by his words? 


Are there any people who say the same thing to-day? 


Can you remember any time when He might have called 
you by this name? 


What does the last part of v. 33 mean? 


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THIRTEENTH WEEK. TEACHING AND 
HEALING. 


SrxtH Day: Mark 8:34-9:1. REAL LIFE. 


A missionary in Africa wrote: “Lost lives! as the 
words re-echo I see the Saints of God, who of old, de- 
claring plainly that they seek a country, have cheerfully 
gone forth on pilgrimage not knowing whither they went! 
Abraham is among them, Paul is among them, and the 
heroes of our Century of Missions. Livingstone is there, 
Krapf is there, and William Carey; Allan Gardiner, 
starved to death on the desolate Fuegian shore; James 
Gilmour, tramping with bleeding feet the frozen Mongo- 
lian uplands; Graham Brooke, dying alone on the Upper 
Niger; John McKitterich, sleeping in the first white 
man’s grave in distant Lololand—they are all there, all 
part of the eternal. And Jesus’s life is there.” 

What does Jesus say the man must do who wants to fol- 
low Him? 


What kind of a life would the principle of v. 34 require 
me to live to-day? 

What does He mean by v. 35? 

What is the answer to v. 36? 

What answer would you honestly give to v. 37? 


What is it to be ashamed of Jesus? 
What is it to have Jesus ashamed of us? 


“ Measure thy life by loss instead of gain, 
Not by the wine drunk, but by the wine poured forth; 
For life’s strength standeth in life’s sacrifice, 
And who gives the most has most to give.” 
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THIRTEENTH WEEK. TEACHING AND 
HEALING. 


SEvENTH Day: Mark 8:10-9:1. 


' Notice that in the Revised Version 9:1 is rightly con- 
sidered a part of the eighth chapter. See the same thing 
in Gal. 5:1; 1 Cor. 11:1. The original manuscripts were 
not divided into verses and chapters. The present ar- 
rangement of chapters was made by Cardinal Hugo in 
1250. The present division into verses was made by Rob- 
ert Stevens in 1551, it is said, as he was riding on horse- 
back. Notice that the Revised Version is arranged in 
paragraphs rather than verses, the sense being the basis 
of division and not the mere desire to break up the text 
into small parts. 

With what purpose are you studying these lessons? 


What phase of the character of Jesus has most im- 
pressed you so far? 


Can you see any change in your own daily life because 
you have followed these studies thus far? 


Examine the following references and say whether you 
have followed the example of the men referred to: Lam. 
3:23; Psalm 5:3, 57:8; Psalm 92:2. 


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FOURTEENTH WEEK. THE TRANSFIGURA- 
TION. 


First Day: Mark 9:2-8. JEsus 1s TRANSFIGURED. 
Where was Jesus and His disciples at this time? 


A high mountain, v. 2. “ Probably one of the spurs of 
the magnificent snow-clad Hermon, the most beautiful and 
conspicuous mountain in Palestine.” Locate it. 

aot what purpose did He go to this mountain? Luke 
9:28. 


Who went with Him? 


Why do you suppose He selected these men and left 
the others behind? 


Do you believe that He would select you for such a 
purpose now? 


Read the three accounts, Mark 9:3, Matt. 17:2, and 
Luke 9:29, and write down what occurred. 


What was Jesus doing when He was thus glorified? 
Luke 9:29. 


Memorize Daniel 12:3. 

Prayer: “O Father of lights and Giver of all perfect 
gifts, we beseech Thee to give all things that are good for 
us, even such things as we have not yet learned to ac- 
knowledge and desire as good; but above all give us Thy- 
self, who art the eternal and highest Good of all Thy 
creatures. O Lord, Jesus Christ, be Thou now and for- 
ever more, by Thy deliverance from all sin, our mighty 
helper ; by Thy word of wisdom, our Master and Teacher ; 
and by Thy spiritual advent, our ever present Emanuel 
and our living Saviour. Transform our hearts into Thine 
image of gentleness and humility; and let us ever bear 
Thee and Thy love to us in mind. O Holy Spirit, lighten 
our darkness, purify our impurity, strengthen our weak- 
ness, comfort us in sorrow.” 

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TION. 


Seconp Day: Mark 9:2-8. JESUS IS TRANSFIGURED 
(Continued). 


Who appeared to Jesus now? 


They were the representatives of the Law and the 
Prophets, and answered the charge that He was destroy- 
ing the law. They were also the two greatest men of Old 
Testament times. 

What was the subject of their conversation? Luke 


9:31. 


What does this indicate as to its importance? 


What does this show us as to the purpose for which 
Jesus came into the world? 


What does it show as to where that purpose originated ? 


What was the condition of the disciples at this time? 
Luke 9 :32. 


What was the significance of the transfiguration as. re- 
gards the apostles? 


As regards Jesus? 


Notice two changes from this time on: Muracles, which 
had hitherto abounded, well-nigh cease; Teachings, be- 
fore public as a rule, now become rare and few, and con- 
fined to the apostles. 


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TION. 


Tuirp Day: MARK 9:2-8. ON THE MOUNTAIN. 


How did the scene affect the disciples? 
What was Peter’s proposition? 


Tabernacles, v. 5. There were little booths or huts 
made of bushes or branches of trees such as were made 
when the people were at the feast of Tabernacles. 

What thought did Peter have when he made this state- 
ment? 


Why would it not have been good for them to stay 
there? 


What experiences in our Christian life are like the ex- 
perience of these three apostles at this time? 


What did the voice from the cloud say? 
When had this voice spoken before? 
After the cloud, what did they see? 


It is important to notice the time in the life of Jesus 
when He was transfigured. It was a time of depression ; 
His enemies were aroused (8:11); nobody really under- 
stood Him (8:28) or His mission (8:32). Then it was 
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FOURTEENTH WEEK. THE TRANSFIGURA- 
TION. 


FourtH Day: Mark 9:9-13. THE PERPLEXED Dis- 
CIPLES. 


As they came down from the mountain what charge 
did Jesus give the disciples? 


What light do we get upon the question o£ the disciples’ 
real knowledge of Jesus from v. Io? 


And they kept the saying, v. 10. See how Peter after- 
ward delighted to tell about it. 2 Peter 1:16, 17. 


What did Jesus mean by v. 13? 


Do you not think that this same Jesus who endured the 
doubts and questions and misunderstandings of these men 
will be patient with yours? 


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FOURTEENTH WEEK. THE TRANSFIGURA- 
TION. 
FirtH Day: Mark 9:14-18. IN THE VALLEY. 


_ What were the other disciples doing when Jesus was 
in the mountain? 


In what region were they now? 


; 
Master, v.17. Make a list of the different names given 
to Jesus as recorded by Mark. Mark 8:38, 8:29, 15:26. 


Remember He had brought His disciples into this 
region to be alone with them and not for the purpose of 
working miracles or teaching the multitude. The enmity 
of the people of Galilee had caused Him to withdraw. 

Describe the situation of the disciples as Jesus found 
them on His return. 


What effect did the appearance of Jesus have upon the 
people? 


Notice the point at which Jesus appeared on the scene 
and compare it with Mark 6:48. 

To whom did the father intend to bring the boy? 

To whom did he bring him? 


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SrxtH Day: Marx 9:19-27. Tue Demoniac Boy. { 


What was the effect upon Jesus of the disciples’ failure? 
V. 19. 


How long shall I bear with you? V.19. What did 
Jesus mean by this question? 


Can you think of a time when He might have asked 
it of you? 


Describe the boy’s condition. Vs. 20-22. 


Notice the father says, “ Have compassion on 4s.” 
How much our fathers and mothers suffer with us! | 


What did Jesus mean by the expression “If thou 
canst ’’? 


What was His statement as to those who believe. 


Note the vividness of the direct discourse in v. 25. 
Compare 4:39; 5:8, 12; 6:31. This is characteristic of 
Mark. 


What did Jesus do when the boy seemed to be dead? 


What was the effect of the miracle? Luke 9:43. 


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SEVENTH Day: Mark 9:28, 29. THE POWER OF 
PRAYER. 


What question did the disciples ask? See Matt. 17:19. 
What was Jesus’s answer? Matt. 17:20. 


What did this answer imply as to the prayer-life of the 
disciples ? 


How long had they been with Jesus? 
Do you not suppose the apostles prayed? 


What was their difficulty ? 


THOUGHT FoR To-pay: “I come to my devotions this 
morning on an errand of real life. This is no romance 
and no farce. I do not come here to go through a form 
of words. I have no hopeless desire to express. I have 
an object to gain. I have an end to accomplish. This is 
a business in which I am about to engage. An astronomer 
does not turn his telescope to the skies with a more reason- 
able hope of penetrating those distant heavens, than I 
have of reaching the mind of God, by lifting up my heart 
at the throne of Grace.” 


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MINISTRY. 


First Day: Mark 9:30-32. He ANNouNcES His 
DEATH AND RESURRECTION. 


Trace on the map His movements. 
“ And He would not that any man should know it,” v. 
30. Why? V. 31. 


How near His death was He now? 


He taught, v.31. The sense here is that He kept teach- 
ing. His great public ministry was over. The little time 
that remained He would spend in instructing the men who 
were to carry on His work after He was gone. 

What particulars about His death does He tell them in 
v. 31? 


What effect did the announcement have upon them? 


What kind of a kingdom were these men always looke 
ing for? See Acts 1:6. 


What danger is there that people to-day will have the 
same conception of the kingdom which these men had? 


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FIFTEENTH WEEK. CLOSE OF GALILEAN 
MINISTRY. 


Seconp Day: Mark 9:33-35. JEALOUSY AMONG THE 
DISCIPLES. 


See how often He returns to Capernaum. John 2:12. 
This city has been well called His headquarters. . 


What does v. 33 teach as to His divine insight? See 
John 2:25. 


Why did the disciples hesitate about answering His 
question? 


Sat down, v. 35. This was the usual posture in teach- 
ing. Mark notes the movements and gestures of Jesus. 
See 7:33, 8:33, 9:35, 10:16. This adds vividness to the 
picture and is characteristic of Mark. 

What rule did He lay down for those who wished to 
be great? 


What does the word minister in v. 35 mean? 


Judged by this test, are you a minister? 
“ Happiness lies in what you are, not where you are; 


what you are, not what you have.” 
Memorize Prov. 22:1. 


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Tuirp Day: MARK 9:36, 37. REAL GREATNESS. 


“The measure of a man is not what he does, but what 
he thinks; not what he is, but what he would like to be.” 

Notice the movements of Jesus in v. 36. 

Read also Matt. 18:1-5 and Luke 9:47, 48, and write 
down the rule which Jesus laid down here. 


“True religion is to know the greatness of the great 
oe the smallness of the small, and to act on that knowl- 
edge.” 

What was the attitude of Jesus toward children? 


What are we taught in vs. 33 to 37 as to any difference 
of authority among the twelve apostles? 


Give an illustration of what Jesus meant by v. 37. 


Prayer: “O Lord, my most loving Saviour and merci- 
ful Redeemer, who commandest that little children should 
come unto Thee, and didst take them up in Thine arms, 
lay Thy hands upon and bless them; look graciously upon 
me who am one of Thy children devoted to Thy service. 
Have compassion on the weakness of my tender years, 
and keep me from all evil and danger both in body and 
soul. Make me always mindful of my Creator in the days 
of my youth and of that baptismal vow that was made 
in Thy name. Make me dutiful to my parents, loving to 
my associates, obedient to my governors and instructors, 
and courteous and humble to all, that as I grow in years 
I may grow in grace and wisdom and be in favor with 
God and man. Guide and sanctify me by Thy Holy Spirit 
that the longer I live the better I may be, to the comfort 
of my parents, the honor and glory of Thee, my God and 
my own happiness, both here and hereafter; and this I 
beg, for the sake of Jesus Christ. Amen.” 


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MINISTRY. 


FourtH Day: Mark 9:38-41. A Lesson 1n TOLER- 
ANCE. 


What do vs. 38 and 39 teach us about judging others? 


What did Jesus mean by v. 40? 
Compare v. 40 with 1 Cor. 12:3 and Matt. 7:22, 23. 


What should be our attitude toward the servants of 
? 


What have you done during the last week to entitle you 
to the reward mentioned in v. 41? 


Read the Psalm of Love, 1 Cor. 13. 


THOUGHT FOR To-pAy: “ When Christ showed us God, 
then man had only to stand at his highest and look up to 
the infinite above him to see how small he was. And al- 
ways the true way to be humble is not to stoop until you 
are smaller than yourself, but to stand at your real height 
against some higher nature that shall show you what the 
real smallness of your greatness is. The first is the unreal 
humility that always goes about deprecating human nat- 
ure; the second is the genuine humility that always 
stands in love and adoration, glorifying God.” 


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MINISTRY. 


Firth Day: Mark 9:42-50. WARNINGS AGAINST 
STUMBLING. 


Great millstone, v. 42. It was a Roman punishment to 
drown criminals by tying a great stone to the neck and 
throwing them into the sea. It was considered almost as 
degrading as crucifixion. 

Notice how much clearer v. 43 is by the change from 
offend to stumble in the Revised Version. 

Notice the disappearance of vs. 44 and 46 in Revised 
Version, and read the explanation in the marginal note. 

What three members does Jesus say may cause them to 
stumble? 


What does He mean by stumble? 


Into hell, v. 43. The marginal reading is Gehenna. 
This was a ravine on the south of Mount Zion. There 
the idolatrous inhabitants of Jerusalem used to cast their 
children into the red-hot arms of a monster brass idol. It 
became later the common cesspool of the city, and the © 
Jews regarded it with such horror that they applied the 
name to the place of torment. 

Worm dieth not, v. 44. Symbol of an everlasting de- 
caying process. 

Have you anything in your possession which would 
cause you to stumble through the eye? 


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MINISTRY. 


SixtH Day: Cot. 1:9-20. Review or GALILEAN MIN- 
ISTRY. 


Test these statements of a recent writer as to the Gali- 
lean ministry, giving any references you may find: 

“The months of toil in Galilee show results hardly 
more significant than the grain of mustard seed or the 
little leaven. Popular enthusiasm had risen, increased, 
reached its climax, and waned. Official opposition had 
early been aroused, and had continued with a steadily 
deepening intensity. The wonderful teaching with au- 
thority, and the signs wrought on them that were sick, 
had been as seed sown by the wayside or in thorny or in 
stony ground, except for the little handful of hearers who 
had felt the personal power of Jesus and had surrendered 
to it, ready henceforth to follow where He should lead, 
whether or not it should be in the path of their choice. 
They, however, were the proof that those months had 
been a time of rewarded toil.” 


During this period notice the preaching tours: 1:35, 
4:1, 6:1. 


Also the journeys of flight: 6:30, 7:24, 8:1:. 


How long was this ministry? 


What has the period been called and why? 


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MINISTRY. 


SEVENTH Day: PHIL. 2:5-11. REVIEW OF THE GALI- 
LEAN MINISTRY. 


Who were some of the different classes with whom 
Jesus came in contact during this ministry, viz. : 

1. Mark 2:6; 3:22. 

Ri 

3) 307, 83 1:45. 

An S20 ES) E224. 

5. 3:6. 

6. 1:32; 6:55, 56. 


During this ministry what did Jesus teach upon the fol- 
lowing subjects? (And any other references you may 
d 


"Sabbath observance, 2:27, 3:4. 
Faith, Mark 8 :14-21. 
His purpose in coming into the world, 8:31, 9:31. 
Unselfishness, 8:34. 
Prayer, 1:35, 6:46, 9:29. 
True greatness, 9:35. 


Purity, Matt. 5:8; 7:15, 21. 
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JERUSALEM. 


First Day: Mark 10:1. He LEAvEs GALILEE FOREVER. 
THE PEREAN MINISTRY. Mark 10:1-52. 
The Period of Opposition. 


He no longer shuns publicity: crowds now seek Him. 
Where did Jesus go now? 


What was the purpose in His heart? Luke 9:51. 


How near His death was He? 


How did His feeling toward the people differ from 
that of the disciples? Luke 9:54, 55. 


THOUGHT FoR To-DAY: What a trial it is sometimes 
to turn from the work we want to do to the work we 
must do; and how much harder it is if those in whose 
behalf we have been working compel us to turn from our 
chosen task. But even our blessed Lord, striving with all 
His great heart to win the people of Galilee at last had 
to leave them forever, and turn to other fields. Let us 
believe that God rules, and where He leads it is for us to 
follow willingly, trustfully. 


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JERUSALEM. 


SeconpD Day: LuKE 10:1-12. He SENDS OUT THE 
SEVENTY. 

(Between Mark 9:50 and 10:2 Mark omits many events 
recorded in Luke, Chs. 10 to 18, and John, Chs. 9 to 11. 
This covers a period of not less than three months of 
which Mark makes no mention. So many of these events 
are necessary to the story of the life of Jesus that some 
of them are treated in the following studies of this week.) 

How many does Jesus now send out? 


For what were they sent? 


What prayer did He ask them to make? 


How many times in the last month have you prayed 
thus? 


Compare their commission with that given to the 
twelve. 


What caused Him to send out so many just now? 


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Tuirp Day: JoHN 9:1-41. He Restores SIGHT TO A 
Biinp Man. 


When did this miracle occur and on what day of the 
week ? 


What did the people think was the cause of the man’s 
blindness? 


Describe the miracle, vs. 6, 7. 


How did it affect his neighbors? 
Why did they bring the Pharisees? 


_ What caused a division among them? 

‘ Who did they ask about the miracle? 
What answer did the man make? V. 25. 
What did the people say Jesus was? 
Why were they so much excited? 


What did they do to the man? 
What did Jesus do for him? 


Can you say with this man, “ Whether he be a sinner 
or no, | know not; ONE THING I KNow, that whereas I 
was blind, now I see”? 

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FourtH Day: LUKE 13:10-17. HE HEALs A WoMAN 
ON THE SABBATH. 


What did Jesus do on this Sabbath Day? 

How does this miracle differ from many others? 
How did this affect the ruler of the synagogue? 
Whom did he address and what did he say? 


What did Jesus mean by His answer in vs. 15, 16? 


What effect did it have? 


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JERUSALEM. 


FirtH Day: LUKE 15:1I-24. THE PropicAL Son. 


This parable has been called Evangelium in Evangelio; 
also an Epitome of the Gospel. 
Study it to-day as the history of a sinner. 
t. Eis sin, 12,'13. 
In what did it consist? 


He becomes “Lord of himself, that heritage of 
woe.” 
Sin is going away from God. 
2. His misery, 14-16. 
In what did it consist? 


How does it illustrate Jer. 2:13? Memorize this 
verse. 


No man gave unto him, v. 16. 
What had become of his friends? Compare Matt. 
27 :24. 
3. His penitence, 17-20. 
What do the first few words of v. 17 show as to 
a sinner’s condition? 


What does he do? 


4. His forgiveness, 20-24. 
Who seems to be most eager, the father or the son? 


What does the father do? 

What does the son do? 

What does the father say about the son in v. 24? 
The Bible often speaks of the sinner as dead. See 


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StxtH Day: JoHN 11:17-44. He Ratses Lazarus. 
Where did Lazarus live? 
How did Jesus know he was sick? 


How did Jesus regard this family? V. 5. 


From the account describe the difference in disposition 
of Mary and Martha. 


What did Martha say? V. 21. 
What did Mary say? V. 32. 


Did Jesus intend to convey any special comfort to Mar- 
tha when He said, “ Thy brother shall live again”? 


What further revelation did Jesus make in v. 26? 


Do you believe it? 


Before performing the miracle what did Jesus do? Vs. 
41, 42. 


Take ye away the stone, v. 39. Our part in bringing 
dead sinners to life. 

Lazarus, come forth, v. 43. “ He called him by name 
lest all the dead should arise.” 

The Master ts here and calleth thee, v. 28. Will you 
hear His voice and arise quickly and say, “ Speak, Lord, 
for Thy servant heareth? 


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JERUSALEM. 


SeventH Day: Luke 17:11-19. He Heats Ten 


LEPERS. 


Where was Jesus going now and for what purpose? 


Try to imagine what a day it must have been for these 
ten men when Jesus came their way. Has He ever come 
your way? 

What command did Jesus give them? 


Do you suppose it seemed reasonable to them? 


What did they do and what was the result? 


How many thanked Jesus? 
Do you ever forget to thank Jesus? 


What was peculiar about the one who returned? 


Mention some incidents in your every-day life when 
Jesus would say the words of v. 18. 


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PEREA. 


first Day: Mark 10:2-12. CONCERNING DIVORCE. 
Where was He now? 
What does “ by the farther side of Jordan ” mean? 


Remembering that Jesus was now in the country of 
Herod Antipas, who had divorced his wife, does this help 
us to realize the purpose of the Pharisees in asking this 
question ? 


Notice that Matthew adds to the question the words 
“for every cause.” Matt. 19:3. 
What rule of married life did Jesus lay down? 


“ The interval between the final departure from Gali- 
lee (10:1) and the public entry into Jerusalem (11:11) 
was given to three different tasks: the renewed proclama- 
tion of the coming of the Kingdom; further efforts to 
win acceptance in Jerusalem, if perchance she might learn 
to know the things that belonged to her peace; and con- 
tinued training of the disciples.” Give a reference to each 
of these three. 


PRAYER: “ Grant, Almighty God, that our meditation of 
Thee this day may be sweet; that pondering upon Thine 
unchangingness we may the better bear the changeful- 
ness of our lives; thinking of Thy constancy we may the 
better bear the fickleness of our feeling; meditating upon 
the largeness of Thy love we may the better bear our own 
coldness. Whatsoever there is evil in us, forgive. What- 
soever there is in us that is good may the circumstances of 
our life, the friends of our soul, the meditations of our 
heart, foster and enlarge; so that knowing that which is 
good in time we may better hope for that which is good 
in eternity, and rise through the poor goodness of mortal 
man to the understanding of the infinite goodness of the 
Lord our God. Amen.” 

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PEREA. 


Seconp Day: .Marxk 10:13-16. LitTLE CHILDREN ARE 
BrouGut To Him. 


“Tf you reveal a truth to the rational inquirer you re- 
veal it to the comparatively few; but if you reveal it to 
babes you tell it to all.” 

What did they want Him to do to the children? 


How did the disciples feel about it? 
How did their actions affect Jesus? 


What did He say to His disciples? 


How did Jesus say we must receive the Kingdom? 
Compare John 3:3. 


What did He mean by this statement in v. 15? 


Are you willing to receive the Kingdom in this way? 
How had the leaders among the people received Him? 
What did He do to the children? 


Memorize Mark 10:14. 


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Tuirp Day: Mark 10:17-22. A RicH Younc MANn 
SEEKs Him. 


“True wealth is not what my estate amounts to, but 
what I amount to.” 

The young man ran and kneeled; what does this imply 
as to his sincerity? 


| How did Jesus regard him? 

‘ What was his condition in life? 
What did Jesus tell him to do? 
What was the young man’s answer? 
What one thing did he lack? 


‘How did Jesus’s words in v. 22 affect him? Contrast 
2:14. 


Considering your own heart, which of these men would 
you imitate? 


Memorize the Ten Commandments. Exodus 20. 
‘THOUGHT FOR TO-DAY: 
“ Life is not as idle ore, 


“ But iron dug from central gloom, 
And heated hot with burning fears, 
And dipt in baths of hissing tears, 

And batter’d with the shocks of doom 


“To shape and use. Arise and fly 
The reeling Faun, the sensual feast; 
Move upward, working out the beast, 
And let the ape and tiger die.” 


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PEREA. 


FourtH Day: Mark 10:23-27. CONCERNING RICHES. 
“No man is able to keep in the Christian life anything 


that he does not give away.” ; 
What was it caused Jesus to use the words in v. 23? 


What did He call His disciples here? See also John 
13:33; 21:5; Mark 5:34. 


What did He mean by v. 24? 


“ For a camel to go through the needle’s eye” was an 
oriental proverb for something impossible. 
How did these sayings affect the disciples? Vs. 24, 26. 


How did Jesus explain the difficulty? 


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FirtH Day: Mark 10:28-31. THE REwarp oF SELF- 
SACRIFICE. 


What did Peter mean by his words in v. 28? Compare 
1:18, 20 and 2:14. 


For whose sake must they leave these things in order 
to get the blessing? 


What were they to receive with the blessing? 


What did Jesus mean by v. 31? Read the parable in 
Matt. 20 :1-16. 


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PEREA. 


StxtH Day: Mark 10:32-34. He Foretrertts His 
DEATH. 


Where were they now? 


Notice v. 32. “There are few pictures in the Gospels 
more striking than this of Jesus going forth to His death, 
and walking along the path into the deep valley, while 
behind Him in awful reverence and mingled anticipations 
of dread and hope, their eyes fixed on Him, as with bowed 
head He preceded them in all the majesty of sorrow; the 
disciples walked behind Him and dared not disturb His 
meditations.” 

panes were amazed and afraid, v. 32. What caused 
this! 


What things did He tell them would be done to Him? 


What additional particulars about His death did He 
tell them now? See 8:31, 9:30-32. 


THOUGHT FOR To-pay: “Greater love hath no man 
than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.” 


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PEREA. 


SEVENTH Day: PSALM 90. CHARACTERISTICS OF MARK’S 
GOSPEL. 
Notice the following characteristics which have been 
referred to in the studies: 
ia imipetious activity: 1:12, 22, 29; 2:13% 3:1, 7, 13, 
et al. Constant use of word “ straightway.” 


2. Realistic details: 
Looks of Jesus: 3:5, 34; 5:30-32; 6:41, et al. 


His gestures: 7:33; 9:35; 10:16; 8:33. 


3. Direct discourse: 4:39; 5:8; 6:31, e¢ al. 

4. His human qualities: 3:5; 8:33; 10:14; 10:21; 
37-1005 7-345, &:12; 4:38; 11:12. 

5. Mark describes the effects of Jesus’s words and 
decdsey 441; 6:51; 10:24, 26, 32; 1:22; 6:23\' 1:27: 
a2: 

6. The crowds: 2:2; 3:10, 20; 5:31; 6:31, et al. 

7. Minute details: 1:13, 253 2:23 4:383 15:4; e¢ al. 

8. Mark gives names, numbers, places, and time: 1:29, 


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MINISTRY. 


First Day: Mark 10:35-40. THe AMBITION oF JAMES 
AND JOHN. 


What had Jesus said to the disciples in 10:14, 15? 
What request did they make now? 

What was wrong with this request? 

What reply did Jesus make? 


Do men ever make such a request now? 


What did Jesus mean by “ drink this cup,” “be bap- 
tized”? 


Did they drink His cup and were they baptized with 
His baptism? Acts 12:2. 


What does this request of the disciples show as to their 
motive in following Jesus? 


Have you ever feared such a motive was yours? 


THOUGHT FoR To-pay: “ What would ye that I should 
do for you?” What a wonderful opportunity! The Son 
of God asking mortal man to tell Him something to do 
for him! And yet Jesus Christ stands and asks that 
question to-day as truly as when He spoke to James and 
John. Are the things I really want Him to do for me, 
deep down in my heart of hearts, such that I need not be 
ashamed to tell Him? 

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MINISTRY. 


Seconp Day: Mark 10:41-45. How To BE GREAT. 


How did the others feel when they discovered what was 
going on? 


What does this show as to the feeling among the apos- 
tles? 


V. 42. “You know that among the heathen their su- 
preme rulers exercise severe despotic power over their 
subjects, and these in turn tyrannize over those under 
them.” 

How did Jesus say it must be among His followers? 


How is it in your life? 


What great announcement did Jesus make in v. 45? 
What is a ransom? 


What was it He was to give? Compare Rom. 5:10, II. 


PRAYER: “ We bless and praise and magnify Thee, O 
God of our fathers, who hast led us out of the shadows of 
night once more into the light of day. Unto Thy loving- 
kindness we make our entreaty; be merciful to our mis- 
deeds; accept our prayers in the fulness of Thy com- 
passion, for Thou art our refuge from one generation to 
another, O merciful and almighty God. Suffer the true 
Sun of Thy righteousness to shine in our hearts, enlighten 
our reason, and purify our senses; that so we may walk 
honestly as in the day, in the way of Thy commandments, 
and reach at last the life eternal, where we shall rejoice 
in Thy inaccessible life. For Thou art the Fountain of 
Life, and in Thy Light shall we see light. Amen.” 

Memorize Mark 10:45. 

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MINISTRY. 


Tuirp Day: Mark 10:46-52. He Restores SIGHT TO 
BaRTIMZUS. 


Locate Jericho on the map. 


Why would Jesus be apt to meet a great multitude at 
this time? 


What did Bartimeus cry out? 


How did his crying affect the crowd? 
How did it affect Jesus? 
What message did they carry to the blind man? 


How did he respond? 
What was his request? 


Rabboni, v. 51. The highest title he could give Him. 
Having received his sight, what did the beggar do? 


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Fourth Day: Isa. 11:1-9. His MiracLes AND Par- 
ABLES. 

Make a list of the miracles recorded by Mark, arrang- 
ing them to show his victorious power over 

(1) Nature, 

(2) The spirit world, 

(3) Disease, 

(4) Death. 

(Only one miracle is recorded at length in the part of 


the gospel not yet studied, viz.: 11:12-14.) 


Make a list of the parables recorded by Mark. 


Would the ratio between Jesus’s words and works hold 
in your life? 


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MINISTRY. 


FirtH Day: Mark 14:3-9. HE 1s ANOINTED aT BETH- 
ANY. 


(This is the proper place chronologically for this 
scene. ) 

Locate Bethany on the map. 

Simon the leper, v. 3. A leper who had been cured. 

A woman, v. 3. Mary, sister of Lazarus. John 12:3. 
. Cruse, v. 3. A small flask manufactured in Alabastion 
in Egypt. 

Spikenard, v. 3. “ One of the costliest ointments known 
to the ancients.” 

Poured it over his head, v. 3. Compare Luke 7:46. 
This was a mark of respect shown to a guest. 

Who was it that thought this use of the ointment was 
wasteful? John 12:4. 


“ At thirty pence he did Christ’s death devise, 
Who at three hundred did the ointment prize.” 
What was Judas’s motive in saying this? John 12:6. 


Pence, v. 5. See marginal note on Matt. 18:28 
What did Jesus think of Mary’s act? 


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MINISTRY. 


SixtH Day: 2 PETER 1:12-21. For WHom pip MARK 
WRITE? 


Remembering Peter’s intention expressed in 2 Peter 
1:15 and the statement made in the Study for the first 
week, first day, form an opinion from evidence already 
adduced as to the people for whom the Gospel of Mark 
was originally written: 

See the following references: 

1. First week, second day. 


Fifth week, first day. 
Eighth week, fourth day. 


7:11, 10:46, 12:42, 14:36, 15:34. 


2. First week, third day. 
3. Eleventh week, first day. See also 15:42. 


4. Mark uses many Latin forms which do not occur in 
the other gospels. 

5. Mark only mentions that Simon was the father 
of Alexander and Rufus, 15:21. Was this because Rufus 
was well known in Rome? Rom. 16:13. 


6. Notice Mark’s omissions: 

(a) Discourses; (b) parables with Jewish signifi- 
cance; (c) no genealogy. 

7. Mark presented Jesus not as fulfilling prophecy; not 
as satisfying human yearning; not as the foundation of 
the Church, but “as the personal embodiment of the Son 
of God in the fulness of His present, living energy, demon- 
strating Himself the Son of God by His divine working.” 

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MINISTRY. 


SEVENTH Day: MaArkK 10:2-52. THE PEREAN MInN- 
ISTRY. 


Briefly outline the Perean ministry. 


How long was it and where was it mostly spent? 
What were its characteristic features? 

How did it differ from the Galilean ministry? 
Why is it called the Period of Opposition? 


“What were the thoughts and feelings of Jesus Him- 
self during this year? To Him also it was a year of 
sore trial. Now for the first time the deep lines of care 
and pain were traced upon His face. During the twelve- 
month of successful work in Galilee, He was borne up 
with the joy of successful achievement. But now He 
became, in the truest sense, the Man of Sorrows. Behind 
Him was His rejection in Galilee. The sorrow which 
He felt at seeing the ground on which He had bestowed 
so much labor turning out barren, is to be measured only 
by the greatness of His love to the souls He sought to 
save, and the depth of His devotion to His work. In 
front of Him was His rejection at Jerusalem.” 


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NINETEENTH WEEK. THE BEGINNING OF 
THE END. 


First Day: Mark 11:1-3. HE PREPARES TO ENTER 
JERUSALEM. 


Tue Last WEEK, II:I-16:1. 

SunDAY—THE Day oF TRIUMPH. 

We come now to the last week of the life of Jesus. 
From the fact that Mark devotes 233 verses to this week 
and only 425 verses to the other three years of His pub- 
lic life, we may judge something of the comparative im- 
portance of the events of this week. In Matthew, seven 
chapters, Luke, five, and John, eight, record the events of 
this last week. It has been estimated that if the rest of the 
life of Jesus on earth were as fully described as this last 
week, it would take eighty books the size of our Bible to 
contain the record. 

Locate Bethphage and the Mount of Olives on the map. 

Where were Jesus and the disciples coming from? 


The village that is over against you, v. 2. Probably 
Bethphage. 

Notice how Mark gives vividness to his narrative by 
using the present tense, draw nigh, he sendeth, saith. 

Remembering from whom Mark got his material and 
the minuteness of the detail here, can we imagine who 
was one of the two disciples in v. 1? 


Colt, v. 2. Matthew tells us it was the colt of an ass. 
“Tn the East the ass is in high esteem. In contrast to 
the horse which had been introduced by Solomon from 
Egypt, and was used especially in war, it was the symbol 
of peace.” It was peculiarly the national animal. See 
fm Same 25-20, Numb.’ 22:21, Gen. 22532.) See, the 
prophesy in Zech. 9:9. 

On what mission were the two sent? 


What were they to say to anyone who interfered? 


What is the meaning of the words “and straightway 
he will send him back hither,” in v. 3? 


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THE END. 
Seconp Day: Mark 11:4-11. He ENTERS JERUSALEM. 


What did they find ? 


Notice the vividness of vs. 4 and 5. 
Who were the “ certain of them that stood by”? See 
Luke 19:33. 


What did the disciples do? 
What did the people do? Read also Luke 19:37. 


What had brought this crowd out of the city? Jonn 
12:17-19. 


What did the people say? 


Hosanna, v. 9. This is the first word of Psalm 118:25. 
Hosanna in the highest, v. 10. In the highest heavens. 
As He approached Jerusalem what were His feelings? 

Read Luke 19:41-44. ; 
Where did He go in Jerusalem? 


Where did He go at evening? 


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THE END. 
Tuirp Day: Mark 11:12-14. THE BARREN FIG-TREE. 
Monpbay.—THE Day oF AUTHORITY. 
What was His physical condition? 


Where had He spent the night? 


Is it probable that He could have spent it at the home 
of Mary and Martha and been hungry in the morning? 


If not at their house, where might He have been? 


A fig-tree having leaves, v. 13. “The fig-tree does 
not usually send forth leaves until the fruit is ripe; this 
tree, therefore, which was seen afar off among the leaf- 
less fig-trees, seemed according to the nature of the tree 
to be an early fruit-bearer.” 

Of what was such a tree a symbol? 


What did He say to the tree? 
Notice this was His only miracle of judgment, and it 


was performed on an inanimate object. 


Memorize 2 Tim. 2:15. 


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NINETEENTH WEEK. THE BEGINNING OF 
THE END. 


Fourth Day: Mark 11:15-19. He CLEANSES THE 
TEMPLE A SECOND TIME. 


(Compare this account with the first cleansing recorded 
in John 2:13-22.) 

Why did the money changers and dove sellers frequent 
the Temple? 


To what did Jesus appeal in v.17? See marginal refer- 
ences. 


How did this affect the people? 
How did this affect the priests and scribes? 
Why did they fear Him? 


PRAYER: “‘O God, who hast redeemed us by the gift of 
Thine own Son, so cleanse and purify our hearts by the 
indwelling of Thy Spirit that we may always live to 
Thee. Keep us ever on the higher levels of desire that 
the evil in our thoughts may find no room to work, and 
that the good by practice may grow strong. May we go 
from strength to strength thinking Thy thoughts and 
growing in the image of our Lord. Reveal to us the 
meaning of this life of trial, with its joys and sorrows and 
perplexities, and let us spend its years with Thee as learn- 
ers in Thy school of righteousness. Help us to love our 
neighbor as ourself. In all ministry of truth and kind- 
ness be our inspiration and our guide. And may the just 
and loving life of Jesus move us to joyful emulation day 
by day. Amen.” 

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NINETEENTH WEEK. THE BEGINNING OF 
THE END. 


Firth Day: Mark 11:19. WHERE He Spent His 
EVENINGS. 


Read also Psalm g1. 
Where did He spend the evenings of this week? Matt. 
21 ¥7: 


With whom probably? 


How did He regard these friends? John 11:5. 


What do you suppose led Him to seek this home each 
night ? 


If your home had been in that neighborhood would He 
have sought it? 


THOUGHT FOR To-pDAY: What a joy it would be to 
know that my home would be a welcome place to Him; 
that the pictures on the walls and the books on the shelves 
would be pleasing to Him; that the conversation of the 
inmates and the intercourse of the members of the house- 
hold would be such that He would delight to have a part 
in it. Help me, O Lord, to make my home and all its 
surroundings such that Thou canst come there and abide. 


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NINETEENTH WEEK. THE BEGINNING OF 
THE END. 


SrxtH Day: MARK 11:20-23. THE LESSON OF THE FIG- 
TREE. 
TUESDAY.—THE Day oF CONFLICT. 
As they went to Jerusalem in the morning what at- 


tracted their attention? 


How did the sight affect the disciples? Matt. 21:20. 
What did Jesus mean by “ have faith in God”? 


Mention anything showing that they needed this in- 
junction. 


Whom does Jude intend to describe by his words? 
Jude 12. 


Is there any lesson of warning in these verses in Mark? 


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THE END. 


SEVENTH Day: Mark 11:24, 25. A LESSON ON PRAYER. 


What has become of v. 26? 

What two conditions does Jesus lay down here for pre- 
vailing prayer? Read also Matt. 6:14, 15. 

Has the failure to meet these two conditions had any- 


thing to do with your unanswered prayers? 


What is it to forgive? 


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TWENTIETH WEEK. ENCOUNTER WITH 
PRIESTS AND SCRIBES. 


First Day: Mark 11:27-33. His AuTHoriTy QUEs- 
TIONED. 


Where was He now? 
What was He doing? Luke 20:1. 


The chief priests, the scribes, and the elders, v.27. The 
three classes who composed the Sanhedrin, the highest 
ecclesiastical court, but the whole life of the Jews was so 
governed by theocratic ideas that it became the supreme 
civil court. 

What did they mean by “ these things ” in v. 28? 


What was their question? 
How did Jesus answer their question? 


It is still customary in eastern countries to answer one 
question by asking another. : 
How did Jesus’s question puzzle the deputation? 


What answer did they make? 


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PRIESTS AND SCRIBES. 


Seconp Day: Mark 12:1-11. THE PARABLE OF THE 
VINEYARD. 

Hedge, v.1. Probably some sort of stone wall. 

Wine press, v. 1. Often these were cut out of the solid 
rock. The grapes were placed in them and the juice 
squeezed out by trampling. (See Judges 9:27, Isa. 16:10, 
Jer. 25:30.) It was usually a time of great rejoicing. 

Tower, v.1. “ Every vineyard in Palestine has a tower 
or stone building about twenty feet high with a flat roof, 
on which sits a watcher to guard the fruit.” 

What is the subject of this parable? 


What suggested it to Jesus? 

Who is represented by “a certain man?” 

Whom did He mean by the servants of vs. 2, 4, 5? 
How had the people treated these servants? 

Who did He mean by son, v. 6? 


What did they do with the Son? 
What have you done with Him? 
What would be the result to the husbandmen? 


What lesson is there for us in this parable? 


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TWENTIETH WEEK. ENCOUNTER WITH 
PRIESTS AND SCRIBES. 


Tuirp Day: MARK 12:12. THEY WANT TO ARREST 
Him. 


What did the Scribes want to do? 
Why did they not? 
What did they do? 


In what respect was the parable spoken against them? 


PRAYER: “ Eternal God, who hast never dawn nor even- 
ing, yet sendest us alternate mercies of the darkness and 
the day, there is no light but Thine, without or within. 
As Thou liftest the curtains of night from our abode, 
take also the veil from all our hearts. Rise with Thy 
morning upon our souls; quicken all our labor and our 
prayer; and, though all else declines, let the noontide of 
Thy grace and peace remain. May we walk, while it is 
yet day, in the steps of Him who, with fewest hours, fin- 
ished Thy divinest work. Amen.” 


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TWENTIETH WEEK. ENCOUNTER WITH 
PRIESTS AND SCRIBES. 


FourtH Day: Mark 12:13-17. THe TripuTe Money. 
Who were sent to Jesus now ? 


The Pharisees would represent the religious party; 
the Herodians the government; note again the union of 
these natural enemies against Jesus. (See 3:6.) 

What does Luke say about them in 20:20? 


What did they say to Jesus when they came to Him? 
V. 14. 


What was their question? 


“ Jewish patriots denounced the payment of tribute (1) 
because the Roman money, stamped with the image of 
the emperor, was idolatrous; (2) because no Gentile had 
a right to impose a yoke on the people of God. If Christ 
said Yes, His accusers would denounce Him to the peo- 
ple as an oppressor; if No, they cculd accuse Him to the 
Romans as a rebel.” 

Notice how Jesus looked into their hearts, Matt. 22:18, 
Mark 12:15, Luke 20:23, and remember His eyes never 
grow dim. 

What question did Jesus ask? 


What was His answer? 


What effect did it have upon the people? 


TuHoucuT For To-pay: “Whose is this image and 
superscription? V.16. As He looks at your home, your 
ambitions, your possessions to-day, and asks of you this 
question, what answer will you give? Whose image do 
they bear? 

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TWENTIETH WEEK. ENCOUNTER WITH 
PRIESTS AND SCRIBES. 


FirtH Day: Mark 12:18-27. WHOSE WIFE Is SHE? 


Sadducees, v. 18. They disregarded all the traditions 
and unwritten laws which the Pharisees prized so highly, 
and professed to consider the Scriptures, especially the 
Pentateuch, as the only source and rule of the Jewish re- 
ligion. They belonged chiefly to the upper and wealthy 
classes. “‘ They were sceptical, cold-hearted men.” 

Were they honestly seeking light? 


From what do they quote in v. 19? 


What twofold reason did Jesus give as the cause of 
their error? V. 24. 


What does He mean by “ the power of God”? 


What does Jesus quote in v. 26? 


Why does He quote that particular part of the Old 
Testament? 


The Bush, v. 26. This was a portion of Exodus 
(3:1-6) called by this name. 

What does the general statement about God in v. 27 
teach on the subject of immortality? 


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PRIESTS AND SCRIBES. 


Stxto Day: Mark 12:28-34. WHAT COMMANDMENT 
1s First? 
Christ’s Creed—Love. 


What was the Scribe’s question? — 
What induced him to ask it? 


What did Jesus say was the first commandment? 
What the second? 


Where were these commandments written? (See 
marginal references. ) 


“The Jews divided the Pentateuch into 613 precepts, 
365 prohibitions, as many as there were days in the year, 
and 228 commandments, as many as there were parts in 
the body. They distinguished between greater and lesser, 
and had many disputes about the greatest. Among the 
greater commandments they reckoned Sabbath observ- 
ance, circumcision, rules of sacrifice and offering, and 
rules about fringes and phylacteries.” 

What was the Scribe’s reply? 


What did Jesus mean by His answer to the Scribe? 
How did the discussion end? 
Memorize Mark 12:30, 31. 


V. 30. Love seated in the HEART rules the LIFE, in- 
spires the MIND, and imparts STRENGTH to the whole man, 


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TWENTIETH WEEK. ENCOUNTER WITH 
PRIESTS AND SCRIBES. 


SeventH Day: Mark 12:13-37. THe THREE Ques- 
TIONS. 


What three questions were asked of Jesus? 
I. 


2. 
3. 
Who was it that asked them? 


What was the purpose of each in asking? 


Do you know of people who ask similar questions now? 


Read Matt. 22:41, 42 and state the question here asked 
by Jesus? 


What does the last clause of Mark 12:37 tell us about 
the words of Jesus? 


What element in the character of Jesus is disclosed by 
this record? 


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TWENTY-FIRST WEEK. LAST TEACHINGS. 


First Day: MaArxk 12:38-40. He Denounces MERE 
EXTERNAL PIETY. 


Read the address in full in Matt. 23. 

What does the fact that Mark reports the address so 
briefly, while Matthew gives it in full, show as to the 
people for whom Mark wrote? 


To whom did Jesus speak at this time? Matt. 23:1. 


Long robes, v. 38. What kind of people would be 
designated in this way to-day? 


About whom was Jesus speaking? Matt. 23:1. 


What does Mark 12:39 tell of their character? 
What does v. 40 tell? 


What does Jesus call them in Matt. 23:13, 15, 23, and 
39? 


Point out where in verses 13 to 40 in Mark the evangelist 


shows us the (1) ambition, (2) avarice, and (3) hypocrit- 
ical external piety of the Scribes and Pharisees. 


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TWENTY-FIRST WEEK. LAST TEACHINGS. 


Seconp Day: Mark 12:41-44. THE LipeRAL Wipow. 
Where was Jesus now? 


After the strife and worry of the questions see Him 
calmly sitting down and watching the people pass in and 
out and make their offerings. Does He watch my gifts 
to-day ? 


Treasury, v. 41. Thirteen brazen chests standing in 
the central court of the Temple. 

Fwo mites, v. 42. “The smallest copper coin in use 
among the Jews, two of which was the smallest offering 
allowed to be given into the Treasury.” 

What did He say the widow had done? V. 44. 


Note the change in the Revised Version of the word 
abundance in v. 44. 

Why did He think the widow had done better than the 
others? V. 44. 


What principle of giving is Jesus emphasizing here? 


Am I willing to give Him all I have? 


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TWENTY-FIRST WEEK. LAST TEACHINGS. 


Tuirp Day: Mark 13:1-13. HE ForETELLS THE DE- 
STRUCTION OF JERUSALEM. 


He went forth out of the temple, v. 1. He never re- 
turned to it. The beauty of the temple attracted the eyes 
of the Galilean fishermen and they called His attention 
to it. 

What did Jesus predict of the temple? 


Trace their-journey out of Jerusalem. 


Mount of Olives, v. 3. A ridge rather more than a mile 
long, running north and south, covering the whole eastern 
side of the city, and separating and screening it from the 
wilderness, which lies beyond it. 

Where were they going? Mark 11:19. 


What questions did the disciples ask? See Matt. 24:3. 
Notice that Mark gives the names of the disciples (see 
the same thing in 1:29, 36; 10:46; 15:21; 15:40). This 


is characteristic of Mark. 
Write out vs. 5 and 6. 


State the substance of vs. 7 to 9. 


What did Jesus say must first happen? V. to. 
What advice did He give them in v, 11? 


What did He tell them was to be the condition of the 
world? Vs. 12 and 13. 


Who should be saved? V. 13 
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TWENTY-FIRST WEEK. LAST TEACHINGS. 


FourtH Day: Mark 13:14-23. THE Days or DeE- 
STRUCTION. 


Read Luke 21:20 to explain v. 14. 

Josephus, describing the siege of Jerusalem, declares 
that “the misfortunes of all men from the beginning of 
the world, if they be compared to those of the Jews, are 
not so terrible as theirs were,” “ nor did any age produce 
a generation more fruitful in wickedness from the begin- 
ning of the world. The horrors of war and sedition, of 
famine and pestilence, were such as exceeded all example 
or conception. The city was densely crowded by the 
multitudes which had come up to the passover. Pestilence 
ensued and famine followed. Acts of violence and cruelty 
were perpetrated without compunction or remorse, and 
barbarities enacted which cannot be described. Mothers 
snatched the food from the mouths of their husbands and 
children, and one actually killed, roasted, and devoured 
her infant son. (Compare Lev. 26:29, Deut. 28:56, 57.) 
The besieged devoured even the filth of the streets, and 
so excessive was the stench that it was necessary to hurl 
600,000 corpses over the wall, while 97,000 captives were 
taken during the war, and more than 1,100,000 perished 
in the siege.” 

What do you think of one who could thus foretell com- 
ing events? 


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TWENTY-FIRST WEEK. LAST TEACHINGS. 


FirtaH Day: Mark 13:24-27. THE SIGNs OF THE ENp. 


Read also 2 Peter 3:7-13, Rev. 21. 
What does Jesus teach here about His own return? 


What does He teach about a separation to be made 
among the people on the earth? 


What does He teach about the extent of His kingdom 
upon the earth? 


PRAYER: Almighty and most merciful Father, we have 
erred and strayed from Thy ways like lost sheep. We 
have followed too much the devices and desires of our 
own hearts. We have offended against Thy holy laws. 
We have left undone those things which we ought to have 
done; and we have done those things which we ought 
not to have done; and there is no health in us. But Thou, 
O Lord, have mercy upon us, miserable offenders. Spare 
Thou those, O God, who confess their faults. Restore 
Thou those who are penitent, according to Thy promises 
declared to mankind in Christ Jesus our Lord. And 
grant, O most merciful Father, for His sake, that we 
may hereafter live a godly, righteous, and sober life, to 
the glory of Thy holy name. Amen. 


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TWENTY-FIRST WEEK. LAST TEACHINGS. 


StxtH Day: Mark 13:28-37. THe RicHt ATTITUDE 
oF DISCIPLES. 


What lesson does Jesus teach by the parable in v. 28?° 
What does He say about the truth of His words? 


What does He say about the knowledge of the time 
of His return? 


In view of this what does He say we should do? 


In what state of mind should we live? V. 37. 


V. 35. These are the Roman modes of reckoning time. 
See Tenth Week, Fifth Day. 


“ The four moral keynotes of this discourse on the last 
things are Beware, Watch, Endure, Pray.” 


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TWENTY-FIRST WEEK. LAST TEACHINGS. 


SEVENTH Day: Mark 11:20-13:37. TUESDAY OF THE 
Last WEEK. 


Make a list of the events of this day. 


Someone has said, “ Tuesday, the last day of His pub- 
lic activity, exhibits Jesus in four different lights accord- 
ing as He had to do with His critics, with the devout 
‘widow, with the inquiring Greeks (John 12:20, 21), and 
with His own disciples.” 

What are these four different lights? 


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TWENTY-SECOND WEEK. HIS LAST HOURS 
WITH THE DISCIPLES. 


First Day: Mark 14:1, 2, 10, 11. JUDAS ARRANGES 
THE BETRAYAL. 


(This event took place late Tuesday night.) 
What was the feast of the Passover? 


What did Jesus tell His disciples? Matt. 26:2. 


What detail did He add here to His previous predic- 
tions of His death? 


Who sought Him at this time? 

Why did they not want to seize Him just now? 
With whom did the idea of betrayal originate? 
How did his offer appeal to the enemies of Jesus? 


How much did they give him? Matt. 26:15. 


A piece of silver was a shekel; thirty shekels was the 


price of a slave. 
From this time what was Judas seeking to do? 


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WITH THE DISCIPLES. 


SEcoND Day: WEDNESDAY, THE Day oF RETIREMENT. 


Of this day we have no record. 
From Mark 11:19 try to form an idea of what Jesus was 
doing and from Matt. 26:16 of what Judas was doing. 


Judas Iscariot. By what words is he always described 
in the lists of the disciples? 


From John 12:4, 6, Matt. 27:3-10, and Acts 1:18, 25 
give your estimate of the character of Judas. 


What was his great defect? 


To find the wickedest man in the world we have to 
look among the apostles. 

Prayer: “O Thou who art the everlasting light, in our 
times of trouble, brighten the daily path of Thy children 
with the shining of Thy face. Let the sense of Thy pres- 
ence, like the shining of the sun, be always about us and 
within us. We ask not for Thy coming, our Father, as 
if Thou wert afar off and needed our entreaty, but for the 
grace of hospitality in our own hearts whereby they may 
be open doors for Thy waiting visitations of love and 
light. So may we come into those great communions of 
spirit which bring strength and quietness to our lives. 
Hear us, O Lord, in this deep wish of our souls, that we 
may be conscious of Thy companionship, in the night 
watches, in the hour of temptation and in our seasons of 
loneliness and sorrow, for the sake of Jesus our Shepherd 
and our Saviour. Amen.” 

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WITH THE. DISCIPLES. 


Tuirp Day: Mark 14:12-15. He TELLs THEM WHERE 
TO PREPARE THE PASSOVER. 


TuHurspAY.—THE Last Day witH His DIscrpies. 


“On this morning He awoke never to sleep on earth 
again.” f 

The first day of unleaven bread, v. 12. To the Jews 
leaven symbolized (1) The haste with which they fled 
from Egypt (Exodus 12:34, 39); (2) Their sufferings 
in Egypt (Deut. 16:3); (3) Their purity as a consecrated 
nation, leaven being a symbol of impurity. 

What was the disciples’ question? 


Whom did He send? Luke 22:8. 


A man bearing a pitcher, v.13. This would be unusual, 
as women usually did this work. 
What were they to say to the householder? 


The Master saith, v.14. Is this reason enough for you 
in your life every day? 


Why this apparent secrecy ? 


Furnished and ready, v. 15. The house had to be care- 
fully purged of leaven ; this the master of the house would 
do and so the room would be ready. 

Where wilt Thou that we make ready? V.12. What 
answer would you make if Jesus asked you this question 
to-day ? 


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WITH 'THE DISCIPLES. 


FourtH Day: Mark 14:16, 17. THEY PREPARE FOR 
THE PASSOVER. 


The obedient disciples found that Jesus had spoken the 
truth. 

They made ready, v. 16. “ This would include besides 
the lamb, the provision of the unleaven cakes, of the bit- 
ter herbs, the four or five cups of red wine mixed with 
water, of everything in short necessary for the meal.” 

Where had Jesus been all this day? V. 17. 


“It was probably while the sun was beginning to de- 
cline in the horizon that Jesus and the disciples descended 
once more over the Mount of Olives into the Holy City. 
Before them lay Jerusalem in her festive attire. White 
tents dotted the sward, gay with the bright flowers of 
early spring, or peered out from the gardens and the 
darker foliage of the olive plantations. From the gorgeous 
Temple buildings, dazzling in their snow-white marble 
and gold, on which the slanting rays of the sun were re- 
_ flected, rose the smoke of the altar of burnt offering. . . . 
The streets must have been thronged with strangers and 
the flat roofs covered with eager gazers, who either feasted 
their eyes with a first sight of the Sacred City for which 
they had so often longed, or else once more rejoiced in 
view of the well-remembered localities. It was the last 
day-view which the Lord had of the Holy City—till His 
resurrection! ” 


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WITH THE DISCIPLES. 


FirtH Day: Marx 14:18-21. Her ANNOUNCES THE 
‘ BETRAYAL. 


Sat, v. 18. Reclined. Compare John 13:23. It is 
supposed John’ sat next to Jesus, with his back to the 
Lord, “lying on Jesus’s breast,” so that by bending his 
head back he could whisper to Him (John 13:25) and that 
Judas was on the other side, so that Jesus coule whisper 
to him (Matt. 26:25). 

What did Jesus tell His disciples now? 


What was their question? 

Did Judas also ask this question? 

What was Jesus’s answer? 

In what relationship to Jesus did the traitor stand? 


In what ways is it possible for friends to betray Jesus 
to-day ? 


Memorize 1 Cor. 10:13. 


THOUGHT FoR To-paAy: “To be true—true in word, 
scorning a lie; true in act as disciples of Him who is 
the Truth; true in thought, hating pretence and dishon- 
esty; true of heart, in all constancy of obedience to the 
Father of our spirits—this is the ambition and endeavor 
of every child of God.” 


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TWENTY-SECOND WEEK. HIS LAST HOURS 
WITH THE DISCIPLES. 


SrxtH Day: Mark 14:22-26. HE INSTITUTES THE 
Lorp’s SUPPER. 


Read also Matt. 26:26-30, Luke 22:19—22. 


As they were eating Jesus took bread; what did He 
do then? 


As He gave them the bread what did He say? Luke 
22:19. See also 1 Cor. 11:25. 


What did He mean by the words, in Luke, “ which is 
given for you’”’? 

What did Jesus do next? Mark 14:23. 

What did He say? Luke 22:20. 

What did He mean by the words in Mark 14:24? 


Is there anything in v. 24 that shows that this blood 
was shed not for the twelve apostles only? 


How did they close the supper? V. 26. 
Where did they go? 


What do we have in our worship corresponding with 
this supper? 


Do you observe the command of Luke 22:19? 
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TWENTY-SECOND WEEK. HIS LAST HOURS 
WITH THE DISCIPLES. 


SEVENTH Day: Mark 14:27-31. He ForeETELLS THEIR 
DESERTION. 


What did Jesus now tell His disciples? 


What relationship did He here say He bore toward thu 
disciples? See also John 10:11-18. 


What did He tell them they would do? 
What did Peter say? 
What did Jesus tell Peter? 


What did all the disciples say? 


“ Forsake the Christ thou sawest transfigured, Him 
Who trod the sea and brought the dead to life, 
What should wring this from thee? Ye laugh and ask 
What wrung it? Even a torch-light and a noise, 
The sudden Roman fasces, violent hands, 
And fear of what the Jews might do! Just that, 
And it is written, ‘I forsook and fled.’ 
There was my trial and it ended thus.” 


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TWENTY-THIRD WEEK. ARRESTED, TRIED, 
DENIED. 


First Day: Mark 14:32-36. His AGoNy IN THE GAR- 
DEN. 


Fripay.—A Day oF SUFFERING. 

Read also Christ’s intercessory prayer, John 17. 

(Mark omits the farewell discourse and intercessory 
prayer recorded in John, chaps. 14-17.) 

Gethsemane, v. 32. The oil-press. 

What does John tell us about the place in 18:1, 2? 


] Read John 13:30 and tell who went to Gethsemane with 
esus. 


What was Jesus’s mental condition at this time? Mark 
14:33, 34; Luke 22:24. 


For use of word amazed see 9:15; 16:5, 6. 
What did He tell His disciples He was about to do? 
Mage) see Matt. 17:1; Mark 5:37. 


A ae of them did He take further into the garden with 
im? 


What did He say to these three and what did He mean 
by what He said? 


What was His prayer at this time? 

What answer came to His prayer? Luke 22:43. 
What does His posture show as to His earnestness? 
How did He qualify His tecdheate Mark 14:36. 

Can you find any human cause for this scene? 

Do you think that this scene is explained at all by the 


words in Luke 4:13? With which temptation did it 
correspond ? 


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TWENTY-THIRD WEEK. ARRESTED, TRIED, 
DENIED. 


SEconp Day: Mark 14:37-42. THE DiscrpLes’ SLEEP 
IN THE GARDEN. 


“ He who had promised to die for Jesus could not keep 
awake for Him; small temptations are often harder than 
great ones.” 

Who is designated by “them” in v. 37? 

Whom did Jesus address and by what name? 


Why should He say these words especially to Peter? 


How many times did Jesus leave the three disciples, 
and how did He find them each time He returned? 


What was His prayer each time? 
Why did Jesus tell the disciples to pray? 


What did He say to them in v. 41? 
What did He mean by “the hour is come”? 
How did He know the traitor was at hand ? 


“Prayer without watching is hypocrisy; watching 
without prayer is presumption.” 
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TWENTY-THIRD WEEK. ARRESTED, TRIED, 
DENIED. 


Tuirp Day: Mark 14:43-52. THE BETRAYAL AND 
ARREST. 


How did Judas know where Jesus was? 


A multitude, v. 43. Partly regular guards of the Tem- 
ple and partly from the Roman soldiers quartered there. 
Who led the soldiers? John 18:3, Luke 22:47. 


What sign had Judas agreed upon? 


Kissed Him, Mark 14:45. “ Kissed Him fervently or 
repeatedly.” For the full meaning of the word see its use 
in Luke 7:38, Luke 15:20, and Acts 20:37. 

How did Jesus address Judas? Matt. 26:50. 


How did Jesus’s presence affect the multitude? John 
18:6. 


Who is the certain one of Mark 14:47? John 18:10. 
What did he do? 4 


“ An attempt to make up for lack of character by out- 
ward service.” 
What did Jesus do? 


What did Jesus mean by the words in vs. 48, 49? 
What did He mean by v. 50? 


How long before this was it that they had used the 
words of v. 31? 


V. 51, 52. “Some have conjectured he was the owner 
of the garden of Gethsemane; others Lazarus; others 
Jesus, the brother of the Lord; others a youth of the family 
where Jesus had eaten the Passover. It is far more prob- 
able that it was St. Mark himself, the son of Mary, the 
friend of St. Peter.” 

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TWENTY-THIRD WEEK. ARRESTED, TRIED, 
DENIED. 


FourtH Day: Mark 14:53-59. THEY SEEK FALSE 
WITNESSES. 


From John 18:13, 19-24 we learn that Jesus was taken 
first to Annas the high priest according to Jewish law. 
Annas sent Him to Caiaphas. It is hardly the function 
of a judge and jury to seek witness against the one they 
are set to try. 

To the high priest, v. 53. Caiaphas. 

V. 53 describes a hastily convened meeting of the San- 
hedrin. It was not lawful to try a capital case at night. 
In what part of the house was this trial held? See 


14:66 
Where were His disciples at this time? See John 18:15. 


What was Peter doing? 


What leads us to think that the council was not seek- 
ing to give Jesus a fair trial? 


What did some testify against Him? 


Tell how it is possible for a Christian to be a — wit- 
ness without saying anything? 


Compare John 2:19 and say whether their testimony 
was true. See Deut. 19:15 for the requirement of the law. 


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TWENTY-THIRD WEEK. ARRESTED, TRIED, 
DENIED. 


FirtH Day: Marx 14:60-64. BErForE CAIAPHAS. 

Notice how the high priest addresses Him in Matt. 
26:63. This was the legal formula for administering an 
oath. 


What did Jesus do when the ee priest asked his first 
question ? 


What was the high priest’s second question? 


Jesus answers plainly and positively, “ I am the Christ.” 
What did Jesus mean by the rest of His answer? 


Rent his clothes, v.63. Of what was this a sign? 


What was the blasphemy? John 10:36. Compare Lev. 
24:16. 


What judgment did they render? 


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TWENTY-THIRD WEEK. ARRESTED, TRIED, 
DENIED. 


SixtH Day: Mark 14:65. THE PeopLeE Mock Him. 


What did they do to Him now? Read also Luke 
22 :63-65. 


What kind of a trial do such incidents show it to have 
been? 


What did they mean by covering His face and calling 
upon Him to prophesy? 


How did the officers treat Him? 


PRAYER: “ Speak to us, O God, in words of calm and 
power that the troubled sea of our desires and griefs 
may be at rest. We have striven and failed. We have 
climbed and fallen. We have hoped and been disap- 
pointed. Yet we have never sought for Thee with our 
whole hearts but we have found Thee close at hand. So 
hold us, Lord, above the level of our doubts and fears, 
so quicken us to child-like trust, so glorify Thyself in 
us through work and pleasure, life and death, that we 
pea share the peace of God that passeth understanding. 

men.” 


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TWENTY-THIRD WEEK. ARRESTED, TRIED, 
DENIED. 
SEVENTH Day: Mark 14:66-72. Peter DeNniEs Him. 
V. 67. “How many thousands of Christians have 
grown cold trying to warm themselves at the world’s 
fires.” 
Compare with these verses Matt. 26:69-75, Luke 


22:55-62, and John 18:25-27, and write out briefly this 
occurrence. 


Beneath in the court, Mark 14:66. See Third Week, 
Third Day, where such a house was mentioned. 

How did Peter get in here? John 18:16. 

Who accused Peter of being a disciple? 

How many times was he thus accused? 

What did Peter answer the first time? 

Where did Peter go then? 


What was Peter’s second answer? 


What was it that made them think that Peter was a 
follower of Jesus? 


Do people who talk with you know from your speech 
that you are one of His followers? 


What was Peter’s third answer? 
How did Peter feel then? 


What brought about this feeling? Luke 22:61. 


Memorize Matt. 10:32, 33. 
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TWENTY-FOURTH WEEK. MOCKED AND 
CRUCIFIED. 


First Day: MARK 15:1-5. BEFoRE PILATE. 


In the morning, v. 1. This morning meeting of the 
whole council was to give legal sanction to the action of 
the night. The powers of evil were active enough in the 
morning. 

Bound Jesus, v. 1. To show that He had been con- 
demned. 

Pilate, v. 1. The Roman governor of Judea and 
Samaria. From what you have learned of Him, make a 
study of his character. What was the great weakness 
in his character? 


Why did they bring Jesus to the Roman governor? 


What three charges did they bring against Him? 
Luke 23:2. 


What word describes the third charge? 


How did this differ from the previous charge? Mark 
14:62. 


What did Pilate think of this action on their part? V. 
Io. 


Why did Pilate ask the question he did? 
What was the effect upon Pilate? 


What was Pilate’s decision? Luke 23:4. 
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TWENTY-FOURTH WEEK. MOCKED AND 
CRUCIFIED. 


Seconp Day: LUKE 23:4-7. BEFORE HERop. 


V. 9. “Jesus was silent that the voice of the dead 
Baptist might be heard.” 
To whom and why did Pilate send Jesus? Luke 23:7. 


Read Luke 23 :8-12 and write out the scene. 


Pilate again announces that he finds no evidence against 
Jesus and offers to whip Him and let Him go. (Luke 
23:16.) What does this indicate as to Pilate’s character? 


He was desirous to see Him, Luke 23:8. Was Jesus 
any more to Herod than a curious juggler? 


Prayer: “ Almighty God, the Fountain of all holiness, 
make us perfect in Christ Jesus; out of His fulness may 
we all receive, and rest in Him forever more. May His 
passion be our deliverance; His wounds be our healing; 
His cross our redemption; and His death our life. With 
His righteousness may we be clothed; by His Spirit may 
we be sanctified; in His blood may we be cleansed; and 
to His image may we be conformed. As He died, may 
we also die tinto sin; as He rose again, may we rise into 
newness of life; suffering with Him here, may we reign 
with Him hereafter; and bearing now His cross, may, 
we hereafter wear His crown. Amen.” 


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TWENTY-FOURTH WEEK. MOCKED AND 
CRUCIFIED. 


Tuirp Day: Mark 15:6-15. PiLate Detivers Him 
TO BE CRUCIFIED. 
What feast was this? 


Barabbas, v. 7. A notable prisoner, Matt. 27:16. 
What was his crime? 


What was Pilate’s offer? 
What did the priests do? 
What should Pilate have done? 
Describe the scene in vs. II-14. 


What did Pilate mean by his use of the words “ King 
of the Jews”? 


What did Pilate do and why? 
Before releasing Jesus how did Pilate treat Him? 


Why, what evil hath He done? V.14. This was the 
third time Pilate had expostulated with the Jews by de- 


claring the innocence of Jesus. “It is noteworthy that — 


he took step after step to secure the acquittal of Jesus: (1) 
He emphatically and publicly announced His perfect in- 
nocence; (2) he sent Him to Herod; (3) he made offer 
to release Him asa boon; (4) he tried to make scourging 
take the place of crucifixion; (5) he appealed to com- 
passion. John shows still more clearly how, in succes- 
sive stages of the trial, he sets aside (1) the vague gen- 
eral charge of being an evil doer (18:30); (2) of being 
in any seditious sense a king (18:39); (3) of any guilt 
in His religious claims (19:12). He only yields at last 
through fear, which makes him release a man guilty of 
the very crime for which he delivers Jesus to a slave’s 
death.” 
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TWENTY-FOURTH WEEK. MOCKED AND 
CRUCIFIED. 


FourtH Day: Mark 15:16-21. To CALvary. 


Read also Luke 23 :26-32. Read again Isa. 53. 
What did Pilate do and say as recorded in Matt. 27:24? 


What answer did the people make? Matt. 27:25. 
Notice what the people said to Pilate, John 19:12. 


Pretorium, Mark 15:16. The Governor’s palace. 

Cyrene, v. 21. A town in North Africa. 

What did they mean by the actions described in vs. 17, 
18, 19? 


The cross, v. 21. The condemned were compelled to 
carry the cross on which they were to be crucified. See 
John 19:17. 

Simon was impressed, probably, when Jesus, exhausted 
as He must have been, began to waver under the load. 

A service rendered to Jesus is the one thing for which 
Simon is remembered. 

What did Jesus say to the women who followed Him? 
Luke 23:28. 


What did He mean? 


What is meant by the expression “in the green tree”? 
Luke 23:31. 


Memorize Isa. 53:6. 
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TWENTY-FOURTH WEEK. MOCKED AND 
CRUCIFIED. 


FirtH Day: Mark 15:22-27. CRUCIFIED. 


Golgotha, v. 22. The Hebrew word. Calvary, the 
Latin word, used in Luke in the Authorized Version. 
Both words mean skull-shaped. The place cannot be 
identified. See John 19:20, 41, Matt. 27:39, and write 
down all we are told about it. 


Wine mingled with myrrh, Mark 15:22. A stupefying 
drink often given to those about to be crucified. 
Why do you suppose Jesus refused it? 


Who were crucified with Him? Luke 23 :33. 


His garments, Mark 15:24. See John 19:23, 24. 
At what hour was He crucified? 


What was written above the cross? 


Why was this written in three languages? John 19:20. 


Why did the Jews object to this writing? John 19:21. 


The groups around the cross: 
Soldiers—apathy. 
Sanhedrin—antipathy. 
Women—sympathy. 

In which group are you to-day? 


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TWENTY-FOURTH WEEK. MOCKED AND 
CRUCIFIED. 


SrxtH Day: Mark 15:29-32. Many Mock Him. 


What four different classes mocked Him, and what 
did each say? 


Vo29: 

Vs. 31, 32: 
Luke 23:36, 37. 
Matt. 27:44. 


THOUGHT For To-pay: Himself He cannot save, v. 31. 
This, though said in mockery, was literally true. He 
came not to save Himself, but to save me. Not only His 
death, but His whole life taught this and showed this to 
be His great purpose in coming into this world—“ to 
give His life, a ransom.” The grain of wheat must fall 
into the earth and die. 


“ May this poor self grow less and less; 
Be Thou my life and aim; . 
Oh, make me daily, through Thy grace, 
More worthy of Thy name. 


“Daily more filled with Thee, my heart 
Daily from self more free ; 
Thou, to whom prayer did strength impart, 
Oh, my prayer-Hearer be.” 


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TWENTY-FOURTH WEEK. MOCKED AND 
CRUCIFIED. 


SEVENTH Day: LUKE 23:39-43. THE Two THIEVES. 


Describe the attitude of each of these two malefactors 
toward Jesus? 


What did the first one say to Jesus? 

What was this man’s sin as shown by these words? 
What did the other say to Jesus? 

What did Jesus answer? 

“Did ever the new birth take place in so strange a 


cradle?” 
What are we taught here about our life after death? 


How was Jesus’s answer to the thief better than his 
request ? 


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TWENTY-FIFTH WEEK. THE END. 


First Day: THE SEVEN WorDs FROM THE Cross. 

Write down the seven expressions used by Jesus on 
the cross: 

1. Luke 23:34. 

2. Luke 23:43. 

3. John 19:26, 27. 

4. Mark 15:34. 

5. John 19:28. 

6. John 19:30. 

7. Luke 23:46. 


Which were for others? 


Which describe His own suffering? 


Could you make the prayer of Luke 23:34 your own 
to-day? 


The seven words: 

1. A prayer: invocation, petition, argument. 

2. The life of Christ in miniature. 

3. Thinking of others. 

4. A word of astonishment, but of victory. 

5. He had offered to quench the thirst of the world. 

6. The worker’s cry of achievement; the sufferer’s cry 
of relief. The greatest single word ever spoken. 

7. A prayer. A quotation from Scripture. 


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TWENTY-FIFTH WEEK. THE END. 


Seconp Day: MarK 15 :33-37. DeEap. 


Between what hours, according to our method of com- 
puting time, was it dark? 


What did they think Jesus said? 
What did they do? 


Why might they think that He was calling Elijah? 


Three of the evangelists note that He cried with a loud 
voice. 

Try to realize the suffering which wrung this cry from 
the Son of God. 


PRAYER: “O Thou Saviour of the world, all things are 
in Thy hand or under Thy hand. Thou didst die for us; 
Thou didst rise again; and now our prayers are a part 
of Thine. Thou dost take them up and refine them; - give 
them meaning and wisdom, and return them to us in 
large answers of love. Great is Thy love; infinite in 
tenderness Thy compassion. We call Thee man because 
then we can touch Thee; we call Thee God because then 
Thou canst lift us beyond all mortal strength and fix us 
in absolute security. Thou art _ Immanuel—God with us 
—never to be explained, always to be felt; a living pres- 
ence. May we find in Thy cross the centre and sum of 
all things, the beginning and end of the rest which is 
Thy righteousness, and may we lean our little crosses, so 
small, against Thy infinite woe. Amen.” 


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TWENTY-FIFTH WEEK. THE END. 


Tuirp Day: Mark 15:38. Errect IN NATURE. 


Read also Matt. 27 :51-53. 
The veil, Mark 15:38. Separated the Holy place in the 
Temple from the Holy of Holies. What happened to it? 


Of what was this a symbol? Heb. 10:19, 20. 
Describe what happened according to Matthew. 


“T have a friend so precious, 

So very dear to me, 

He loves me with such tender love, 
He loves so faithfully, 

I would not live apart from Him, 
I love to feel Him nigh, 

And so we dwell together, 
My Lord and I. 


“ Sometimes I’m faint and weary, 

He knows that I am weak, 

And as He bids me lean on Him, 
His help I'll gladly seek; 

He leads me in the paths of light 
Beneath a sunny sky 

And so we walk together, 
My Lord and I.” 


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TWENTY-FIFTH WEEK. THE END. 


FourtH Day: Mark 15:39-41. Errect Upon CEn- 
TURION. 


What was the effect upon the Centurion? 


What was there in the dying Christ that caused the 
centurion to use these words, and the thief to speak as 
he did in Luke 23:42? 


Who watched from afar? 
What had their part been in the life of Jesus? 
Where were the men? 


Memorize Zech. 4:6. 


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TWENTY-FIFTH WEEK. THE END. 


FirtH Day: Marx 15:42-47. BURIED. 
What day of the week was this? 


Why did the Jews want the bodies taken from the 
cross? John 19:31. 


Joseph, Mark 15:43. Tell all you can about him. See 
also Matt. 27:57, Luke 23:51, John 19:38. 


Who else came at this time? John 19:39. 
Why did they go to Pilate? 


What caused Pilate to marvel? 
What did they do with the body? 


Who else saw the burial? 


Where were the disciples? 


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TWENTY-FIFTH WEEK. THE END. 


Sixta Day: Marr. 27:62-66. SEALING THE SEPUL- 
CHRE. 


What precautions did the chief priests and the Phari- 
sees take? 


What did they think had become of Jesus? 
Did anyone have any different opinion? 
What was Pilate’s answer? 

What did they do? 


What evidence does all this contribute to the truth of 
the resurrection? 


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TWENTY-FIFTH WEEK. THE END. 


SEVENTH Day: I PETER 2:21-25. 
Write down the events recorded in the following pas- 


sages: 
Mark 15 :16—20. 


Luke 23 :26-32. 

Mark 15 :22-27. 

Mark 15 :29-32. 

Luke 23 :39-43. 

Mark 15 :33-37. 

Mark 15:38. 

Mark 15 :39-4I. 

Mark 15 :42-47. 

Matt. 27 :62-66. 

THouGHT FoR To-pAy: “Christ is the world’s life. 
Passing centuries, however many their number, could not 
erect an exalted ethical character into the Christ of to-day 
and forever, and the study of that character is largely 
profitless save as it leads men and nations to hear the voice 
of Jesus as on the last day, the great day of the feast, 
He stood and cried, saying, ‘If any man thirst, let him 
come unto Me and drink. He that believeth on Me as the 


Scripture hath said, out of the depths of his life shall 
pour torrents of living water.’ ” 


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TWENTY-SIXTH WEEK. HIS VICTORY. 


First Day: Marx 16:1-8. HE RIsEs. 


The great chapter on the resurrection is 1 Cor. 15. 
What day of the week was this? 


What has this day been called ever since? 


Who were first at the tomb and at what time of the 
day did they come? 


Why would Mary Magdalene be so constant in her 
love? 


For what did they come? 


What would this imply as to their real knowledge of 
Jesus? 


What shows that they did not expect Jesus to rise? 
Describe the scene of vs. 5 and 6. 


What did the angel command ? 
Why “and Peter”? V. 7. 


Do you suppose the angel had any special object in us- 
ing the words, “as He said unto you”? 


What effect did the whole scene have upon the women? 


Memorize 1 Cor. 15:58. Noting the use of wherefore. 
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Seconp Day: Marx 16:9-13. His First APPEARANCE, 


(See note in margin of Revised Version on vs. 9-20.) 
To whom did Jesus first appear? 


What were the disciples doing? 


What was the effect upon them of the woman’s mes- 
sage? 


How do you explain this in view of 10:34? 


What effort did the chief priests make to conceal the 
fact of the resurrection? Matt. 28:11-15. 


Afterward He appeared to two others and these told 
the disciples; what was the effect? 


“Jesus draws near to commune with those who com- 
mune of Him.” 

THOUGHT For To-pay: Luke tells us that He said to 
the two on the way to Emmaus, “ What communications 
are these that ye have one with another as ye walk?” 
Does Jesus draw near to me sometimes as I talk with 
my companions and wonder at what we talk about? How 
embarrassing it would be at times. Oh Thou blessed Son 
of God, give me a mind that turns gladly and naturally to 
the things that pertain to Thy kingdom so that I may 
talk more about these things. 


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Tuirp Day: Mark 16 :14. He APPEARS TOT 
Read also John 20:19-28. ing 
The disciples still continued together. 
When He appeared to them what did He d 


What was Thomas’s difficulty? John 20:25 
How did Jesus convince him? 
What was Thomas’s confession? 


Can you to-day truthfully use these ° 
Thomas used? 


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TWENTY-SIXTH WEEK. HIS VICTORY. 


Fourta Day: Mark 16:15-20. His Last WISHES. 


“<Every citizen a soldier,’ is the true watchword of 
the Church.” 
What command did He give His disciples? 


This is called ‘“‘The Great Commission,” also “ The 
marching orders of the Church.” Notice we are not com- 
manded to bring the world to Christ, but Christ to the 
world. 

“The army that remains in its entrenchments is al- 
ready beaten.” 

Are you willing to obey His last command? 


Where did Jesus go? 


What did the disciples do? 


Notice this last verse of Mark’s Gospel, how to the very 
end Mark sets forth the living energy of Jesus. 

What was the effect of the resurrection on the disciples? 
Compare 14:50; 16:11, 13, with Acts 2:14, 36; 3:15. 


Memorize Mark 16:15. 

Prayer: “ Thou Light and Desire of all nations, watch 
over Thy messengers both by land and sea. Prosper the 
endeavorsgof all Thy servants to spread Thy gospel 
among heathen nations. Accompany the word of their 
testimony concerning Thy atonement with demonstra- 
tion of the Spirit and of power. Bless our and all other 
Christian congregations gathered from among the heath- 
en. Keep them as the apple of Thine eye. Have mercy 
on Thy ancient covenant people, the Jews; deliver them 
from their blindness and bring all nations to the saving 
knowledge of Thee. Give to Thy people open doors to 
preach the gospel and set them to Thy praise on earth. 
Hear us, gracious Lord and God. Amen.” 

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TWENTY-SIXTH WEEK. HIS VICTORY. 


Firtu Day: Acts I:I-II. 


In which part of Palestine did Jesus spend most of 
His life? 


Where was Jesus born? 
Where did He grow up? 
What city afterward became His home? 


Why did He leave Judea? 
Why did He leave Galilee? 
What was His method of work? 


What two important events stand at the beginning of 
His public ministry ? 


Mention three events in the Judean ministry. 
Mention the three events in the Galilean ministry which 
seem to you to be most important. 


Mention three events in the Perean ministry. 


What portion of His life does Mark give most fully? 


What event in His life was the greatest? 
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TWENTY-SIXTH WEEK. HIS VICTORY. 


Stxtu Day: Isa. 61:1-3, LUKE 4:16-21. 


State briefly how Jesus fulfilled this prophecy. 

In what ways did Jesus show Himself to be unselfish? 
In what ways did He show that He was courageous? 
Mention instances of His patience. 

Tell how He illustrated friendship. 


What did He think of God’s word? 
What did He think of prayer? 


THOUGHT FOR To-pay: “‘ Behold, the Man!’ was 
Pilate’s jeer. That is what all the ages have been doing 
since, and the vision has grown more and more glorious. 
As they have looked, the crown of thorns has become a 
crown of golden radiance, and the cast-off robe has glis- 
tened like the garments He wore on the night of His 
transfiguration. Martyrs have smiled in the flames at 
that vision, sinners have turned at it to a new life, little 
children have seen it and have had awakened by it dim 
recollections of their heaven-home, and toward it the souls 
of men yearn ever.” 

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SevENTH Day: Rev. 22:10-21. 


Farrar says Mark’s “ object was to represent Jesus as 
He had been in the present, in daily, actual life; Jesus 
living and working among men in the fulness of His en- 
ergy; Jesus in the awe-inspiring grandeur of His human 
personality as a man who was also incarnate, the wonder- 
werking Son of God.” 

From whence did Jesus come? 


What did He do on earth? 


What is His present position? 


From your study of His life what do you think of Him? 


Can you sign these words: 

I hereby accept Jesus Christ, the Son of God, as my own 
personal Saviour, and consecrate my life to His service. 

Dated 


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